Did Deadly Gamma-Ray Burst Cause a Mass Extinction on Earth?

Monday, December 8, 2014 - 12:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion known in the universe, may have triggered a mass extinction on Earth within the past billion years, researchers say.

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