It's still there. The astronomical community had waited patiently for months for the Earth to proceed far enough along in its orbit so that the Sun 's glare no longer ruined inspection of the location of this historic flash. However, the arrow indicates a point on the upper right that is now five times dimmer than in preceding months. This fading point fits a model where the GRB originated in a fireball across the universe. The constant brightness of the extended feature indicates that it is not reflected emission from the GRB and might be the host galaxy .
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