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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.

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.

But doomsday sayers should be careful about speculation on this one. If the star does go super-nova, Earth will be showered with harmless particles, according to Carter. "They will flood through the Earth and bizarrely enough, even though the supernova we see visually will light up the night sky, 99 per cent of the energy in the supernova is released in these particles that will come through our bodies and through the Earth with absolutely no harm whatsoever," he told news.com.au.

In fact, a neutrino shower could be beneficial to Earth. According to Carter this "star stuff" makes up the universe. "It literally makes things like gold, silver - all the heavy elements - even things like uranium....a star like Betelgeuse is instantly forming for us all sorts of heavy elements and atoms that our own Earth and our own bodies have from long past supernovi," said Carter.

UPDATE: To clarify, the news.com.au article does not say a neutrino shower could be beneficial to Earth, but implies a supernova could be beneficial, stating, "Far from being a sign of the apocalypse, according to Dr Carter the supernova will provide Earth with elements necessary for survival and continuity."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/two-suns-twin-stars_n_811864.html
 

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Astroboy

ਨਾਮ ਤੇਰੇ ਕੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਲਗਾਈ (Previously namjap)
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It could be the end of bill paying of mortgages and other debts.peacesign Hope the computer systems jam up with the heat produced. Earth could either be toasted or roasted. But we can save the water by aligning a spaceship in a vertical position against the direction of the galactic center. That will deflect most of the light and solar rays from affecting the boiling point of water within the cylindrical storage tanks in orbit.
 

Gyani Jarnail Singh

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Nam jap Ji..with computer systems OUT..it will not only be bills payments..most get paid via banks..and computers control electricity supplies traffic lights petrol pumps and asupermarket counters and lots more..and also NO more SPN !!! as Internet will also be poooooooooooooooooossh. haha
 

Seeker9

Cleverness is not wisdom
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YES, let's not forget December 15th 2012...I wouldn't book any expensive holidays for 2013 just in case.....better to blow the money on something you can enjoy now like a ridiculously large TV perhaps?
 

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