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The space agency’s orbiting Swift observatory was overwhelmed by glare from the eruption, called a gamma-ray burst.
Such was the power of the last month’s blast that the observatory's software ignored it as if it were an anomaly.

Should have gone to spec-savers. :D

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Amnesia10 wrote:
Should have gone to spec-savers. :D


Classic :D 8-)

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AlunD wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Should have gone to spec-savers. :D


Classic :D 8-)

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