Re:The Worsening Cosmic Ray Situation
by danielbarla on Thursday March 08, 2018 @06:10AM
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I think that on average, there's a GRB close enough to us to matter once every billion years or so. However, it'd still need to be aligned perfectly to hit us, making the actual extinction event far less likely.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090403-gamm...
and
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/how-deadly-would-a-nearby...
BUT, such events are (apparently) every billion years or so...