inignoct wrote:
] ] Satellites registered a surge of x-rays and gamma-rays.
] ] Hams experienced another blackout. It seemed like another
] ] X-class solar flare. Except for one thing: this flare
] ] didn't come from the sun.
] ]
] ]
] ] It came from outer space.
]
] Cool stuff... I spent 4 years getting a degree in physics and
] i never heard of a magnetar...

so how is this different from an "ordinary" gamma ray burster?

RE: Solar Flares on Steroids