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tangent4ronpaul
01-21-2011, 12:41 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/two-suns-twin-stars_n_811864.html

Earth could be getting a second sun, at least temporarily.

Dr. Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland, outlined the scenario to news.com.au. Betelgeuse, one of the night sky's brightest stars, is losing mass, indicating it is collapsing. It could run out of fuel and go super-nova at any time.

When that happens, for at least a few weeks, we'd see a second sun, Carter says. There may also be no night during that timeframe.

The Star Wars-esque scenario could happen by 2012, Carter says... or it could take longer. The explosion could also cause a neutron star or result in the formation of a black hole 1300 light years from Earth, reports news.com.au.

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Vessol
01-21-2011, 12:43 AM
"At any time" in cosmic terms means from tomorrow to a few dozen thousand years from now.

Philhelm
01-21-2011, 01:39 AM
"At any time" in cosmic terms means from tomorrow to many bazillion-gazillion years from now.

Indeed. ;)

DamianTV
01-21-2011, 01:47 AM
I predict it will happen on February 30th.

(Yes I know that date doesnt exist... How think do you dumb I am?)

tangent4ronpaul
01-21-2011, 09:58 AM
Dec 21, 2012

:D

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