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[–] bingrazer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Gamma rays are stopped by things with a lot of electrons, so a sufficiently thick block of lead will stop it

EDIT: higher energy light has more penetration power (so gammas are quire penetrating), but it's a finite value