A collision between two neutron stars, tightly bound on a decaying orbit, appears to be a relatively rare event.
  • Pons_Aelius
    20•8 months ago

    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

    • ferretEnglish
      7•8 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…)