https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1409.2506/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18501208urn:hackerpapers:mention:1409.2506:18501208Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:04:15 GMT<p>Don&#x27;t think GRBs are all that worrisome, by comparison. It has recently been calculated that there is a 50-percent chance that a GRB-induced mass extinction on Earth has occurred in the past 500 million years. This abstract: ( https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.2506 ) links to a PDF of the entire paper. So the probability in a human lifetime is magnitudes less than a supervolcano event or big asteroid impact. According to ( https://phys.org337426962/pdf.pdf ): &quot;The researchers don&#x27;t believe a GRB striking the Earth could penetrate the atmosphere, but do believe one could destroy the ozone layer&quot;. We…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1409.2506/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.HEhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8395792urn:hackerpapers:submission:1409.2506:8395792Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:38:54 GMT<p>On the role of GRBs on life extinction in the Universe</p><p></p><p>66 points; 49 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1409.2506/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.HE