Then, with a thump of such suddenness that for a moment it might have been taken for a warning of emergency or disaster, music again burst from the Star night club.

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The Chinese believed that the rising of Arcturus, the fourth-brightest star in the sky, caused spring to burst forth, while the Egyptians thought that the appearance of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, brought about the annual flooding of the Nile.

ECONOMIST: The Star of Bethlehem

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

ECONOMIST: Astronomy

The Blues youngster's 30-yard burst was superbly and unceremoniously stopped und by Wales star Gavin Henson, the centre-turned-full-back, just yards from the Ospreys try-line.

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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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However, a Gordon D'Arcy burst paved the way for Contepomi to score Leinster's third try and the Argentine star added the extras.

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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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