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Gamma-ray burst linked to mass extinction

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440-million-year-old fossils hint at cosmic explosion.

Some 440 million years ago, a nearby gamma-ray burst may have extinguished much of life on Earth, say US astronomers1.

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  1. Melott, A. L. et al. Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction?. Preprint, http://xxx.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309415, (2003).

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Ball, P. Gamma-ray burst linked to mass extinction. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030922-7

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