>>12465478I don't doubt anything, I'm asking questions. Especially because because pop-sci is crap and because at least half of the articles about it are adorned with bullshit illustrations like pic related designed to grab the attention of brainlet readers who only respond to Star Wars imagery.
The real answer seems to be "we don't fucking know what kind of effect it would really have" with some papers I've read claiming its most damaging effect would be a temporary darkening of the sky and a slight increase in UV radiation due to damage done to the ozone layer. Which could have a temporary negative effect but is a far cry from the "all life dead in an instant" stories I was fed when I was younger.
I'm not doubting anything, in fact I need this to be a dangerous event as I'm writing a novel that features a mass extinction, but it has to be something grounded in reality and rooted in true science. So I have to separate the sensationalism from the actual facts.
