Cosmic Cataclysm: Earth's Encounter with Distant Energy Burst
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An extremely bright and long-lasting gamma-ray burst (GRB), named GRB 221009A, struck Earth, causing a disturbance in the ionosphere. This burst, originating from an exploding star almost two billion light-years away, was the strongest ever measured and delivered enough energy to activate lightning detectors in India. The effects of the blast on Earth's ionosphere could provide valuable information about mass extinctions in Earth's history.
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