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Collision Between 2 Neutron Stars Could Be Deadly For Life on Earth (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you want a very Hard SF description of what a Gamma Ray Burst hitting earth would do you should read Greg Egan's novel Diaspora

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The parenthesis in the link break the hyperlink on some clients (Memmy, in my case)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel)

(This full link also doesn’t work on Memmy, despite being properly highlighted. Bug bug bug bug bug…)