Gamma rays: Everything you need to know about these powerful packets of energy

[Admin]

Gamma rays are high-energy photons produced by some of the most violent events in the universe. We explore this powerful radiation in more detail here.

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[larbud]

Interesting; no mention of 1859.

 

[billslugg]

The 1859 Carrington event was caused by a stream of charged particles from a solar flare. Any gamma rays emitted would have been blocked by the Earth's atmosphere.