[SFDXA] Sun blasts out highest-energy radiation ever recorded

[wb4ehg]

Adding on to Bill's email, gamma rays are the most energetic form of 
photons also known as RF radiation (I.E. RF waves).

Gamma rays are deadly to life -- however our atmosphere protects us 
(mostly).

You can read more about them here 
<https://www.space.com/gamma-rays-explained>.

73, Rich

On 2023-08-07 16:27, Bill wrote:
> "We thought we had this star figured out, but that's not the case," 
> scientists said. *Full Story: *Space 
> <https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rahdCPripGDxbTAfCigatyBWcNYsoy?format=multipart>(8/6)
>
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> Space.com 
> <https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rahdCPripGDxbTAzCigatyBWcNjOJV>/Something 
> amazing every day./
>
> Sun blasts out highest-energy radiation ever recorded 
> <https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rahdCPripGDxbTAfCigatyBWcNYsoy?format=multipart> 
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> Sun blasts out highest-energy radiation ever recorded 
> <https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rahdCPripGDxbTAfCigatyBWcNYsoy>
> (NASA/AFP/Getty Images)
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> In a record-breaking discovery, scientists detected our very own sun 
> emitting an extraordinary amount of gamma rays - wavelengths of light 
> known to carry the most energy of any other wavelength in the 
> electromagnetic spectrum.
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