Two Suns? Twin Stars Could Be Visible From Earth By 2012

Two Suns? Twin Stars Could Be Visible From Earth By 2012

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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.

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I think this would a very interesting thing to see. However at the same time I'm a bit concerned with the fact that if it does go supernova we may end up in the line of fire at which point any number of things could go wrong. Let's just hope it doesn't come to that. I'm off to stock up on sunscreen



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