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Brightest Galactic Flash Ever Detected Hits Earth

Posted by timothy on from the betting-that's-estimated-rather-than-measured dept.

phenon writes "On December 27th scientists detected the largest cosmic blast to strike the Earth, actually altering the earths ionosphere briefly. MSNBC reports (along with Space.com), that this event happened from a magnetar 50,000 light years away from us, and if it had happened from a distance of 10 light years away, we would be talking about mass extinction here on earth. The cosmic ray blast was measured at 10,000 trillion trillion trillion watts of power!"

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  1. Michael was fired! Celebrate this weekend! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Open up some bubbly and toast the almighty powers-that-be, justice has been served! Michael Sims was shitcanned! Hurrah!

    1. Re:Michael was fired! Celebrate this weekend! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Anyone know where to get more info on this???

  2. Did you see what Paris Hilton was wearing!!! by MBraynard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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