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		Udo on Jan 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gamma-ray bursts are a threat to life It's an interesting typo, also because disaster literally means "bad star".

atlantic on Jan 29, 2015 [–]

And the etymology of dis-aster is astrological: a negative event caused by an unfavourable planetary configuration, by "bad stars".

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