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Science 25 April 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5312, pp. 529 - 530
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5312.529
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Research News

James Glanz

Just when astronomers thought they might be solving one of their longest running mysteries--where the flashes of gamma rays called gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come from--the story has taken another dizzying twist. Astronomers had linked a GRB to a glowing spot that seemed to lie in the distant universe (Science, 21 March, p. 1738). A new analysis of Hubble Space Telescope data, however, suggests the spot is moving across the sky and may lie within a few hundred light-years of Earth.

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