That, she says, suggests the burst came from a single neutron star just a few hundred light years away.

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After analyzing the data, one team of scientists has concluded that the most likely scenario for this gamma ray burst is that it was the result of a collision between two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole.

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In this scenario, the gamma ray burst was caused by a large, comet-like object that fell into a neutron star.

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