Extinction by Gamma-Ray Burst | Space Time
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Find out about the last time and the next time the Earth will be hit by a Gamma-ray Burst. You can learn more about your personal DNA story by going to https://23andme.com/spacetime\n\nYou can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime\nGet your own Space Time tshirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBi\nTweet at us! @pbsspacetime\nFacebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime\nEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com\nComment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime\n\nHelp translate our videos!\nhttps://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g\n\nPrevious Episode:\nThe Origin of Our First Interstellar Visitor\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYGs92-qnFY\n\nGamma-ray bursts are much less common than regular supernovae, and in fact regular supernovae can do just as much damage as a GRB. However, for a supernova to produce the same effects it needs to be much closer – within 20 to 30 light years. There are definitely no stars in that range that could explode any time soon. However the Sun isn’t stationary. It orbits the Milky Way, and its galactic neighbors come and go. Maybe in a few 250-million-year orbits we stellar timebomb will wander into our vicinity. However it’s really the GRBs that are most likely to hit us first, and hit us more often. We should certainly expect one in the next half-to-one-billion years, even if it’s not WR104.\n\nHosted by Matt O'Dowd\nWritten by Matt O'Dowd\nProduced by Rusty Ward\nGraphics by Kurt Ross\nAssistant Editing and Sound Design by Mike Petrow and Meah Denee Barrington\nMade by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)\n\nSpecial thanks to our Patreon Big Bang, Quasar and Hypernova Supporters: \n\nBig Bang\nCoolAsCats\nDavid Nicklas\nWilliam James Sidis\n\nQuasar\nTambe Barsbay\nMayank M. Mehrota\nMars Yentur\nMark Rosenthal\nDean Fuqua\nY2\nJustin Lloyd\nTambe Barsbay\n\nHypernova\nEdmund Fokschaner\nMax Levine\nMatthew O’Connor\nEugene Lawson\nMartha Hunt\nJoseph Salomone\nChuck Zegar\nJordan Young\nRatfeast\nJohn Hofmann\n\nThanks to our Patreon Gamma Ray Burst Supporters: \nMechanically Cryptic\nDenys Ivanov\nNick Virtue\nAlexey Eromenko\nNicholas Rose\nScott Gossett\nMark Dykstra\nChris Hicks\nMark Vasile\nPatrick Murray\nSultan Alkhulaifi\nAlex Seto\nMichal-Peanut Karmi\nErik Stein\nDaniel Lyons\nKevin Warne\nJJ Bagnell\nJ Rejc\nAmy Jie\nAvi Goldfinger\nJohn Pettit\nShannan Catalano\nFlorian Stiglmayr\nBenoit Pagé-Guitard\nNathan Leniz\nJessica Fraley\nLoro Lukic\nBrandon Labonte\nDavid Crane\nGreg Weiss
