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By Phil Plait / The Bulletin
February 2, 2013
A giant burst of cosmic energy hit the Earth about 1,200 years ago, two astronomers theorize in a new report — and while some are skeptical of their findings, elemental changes in the Earth itself lend credence to their findings.
The Earth may have been hit by a gamma-ray burst, a violent cosmic....