Ionosphere-Disturbing Cosmic Gama Ray Bursts Connected to Nearby Massive Star Explosion

L’AQUILA, Italy – On October 9, 2022, a bright gamma ray burst resulted in a disturbance in Earth’s uppermost ionosphere, marking the first noticeable perturbation in the atmosphere since a significant burst in 1983. This revelation was made public as a result of a study published by Nature Communications, conducted by lead author Mirko Piersanti, a space weather scientist based at the University of L’Aquila and the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. Piersanti and his …

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