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Earth 'to get second sun this year' as supernova turns night into day (well, maybe)
Daily Mail ^
| 1/21/11
| David Gardner
Posted on 01/21/2011 1:20:10 PM PST by markomalley
The Earth could soon have a second sun, at least for a week or two.
The cosmic phenomenon will happen when one of the brightest stars in the night sky explodes into a supernova.
And, according to a report yesterday, the most stunning light show in the planets history could happen as soon as this year.
Earth will undoubtedly have a front row seat when the dying red supergiant star Betelgeuse finally blows itself into oblivion.
The explosion will be so bright that even though the star in the Orion constellation is 640 light-years away, it will still turn night into day and appear like there are two suns in the sky for a few weeks.
The only real debate is over exactly when it will happen.
In stellar terms, Betelgeuse is predicted to crash and burn in the very near future. But that doesnt necessarily mean you have to rush out and buy sunglasses.
Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, claimed yesterday that the galactic blast could happen before 2012 or any time over the next million years.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; australia; betelgeuse; catastrophism; orion; stringtheory; xplanets
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To: markomalley; KevinDavis; writer33
Oh no... NOT Beetle Juice!!
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:22:27 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
To: markomalley
could happen before 2012 or any time over the next million years This guy sounds like a climate scientist ;-)
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:22:33 PM PST
by
mwilli20
(BO. Making communists proud all over the world.)
To: markomalley
What?
No hockey stick?
Just oblivian?
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:22:37 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: markomalley
>>And, according to a report yesterday, the most stunning light show in the planets history could happen as soon as this year. <<
I believe it is scheduled to happen in late December of 2012.
;)
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:22:55 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: markomalley
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:23:55 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(The only thing Super Glue is good for is gluing your fingers together.....)
To: markomalley
"Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, claimed yesterday that the galactic blast could happen before 2012 or any time over the next million years."
Brad really narrows it down.
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:24:02 PM PST
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: markomalley
claimed yesterday that the galactic blast could happen before 2012 or any time over the next million years. I doubt if they can pinpoint when a star goes supernova within such a relatively small time frame of a star's life.
Wouldn't a better way of saying it have been "One-in-a-million chance that Betelgeuse will go supernova this year."
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:24:20 PM PST
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: markomalley
the galactic blast could happen before 2012 or any time over the next million years.
Yep I just love those high precision estimates. Their estimate is give or take a longer period of time than humans have been in existence.
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:24:30 PM PST
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: markomalley
I hope that Triffids don’t start growing on Earth, at the same time this “light show” happens! :)
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:25:01 PM PST
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
To: markomalley
"the most stunning light show in the planets history could happen as soon as this year. "
Sounds like it's already happened. It's just in the galactic DVR.
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:25:17 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: markomalley
Blah Blah Blah!
Aint worth a damn if we don't get the big busted space aliens to go along with it.
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:26:35 PM PST
by
IMR 4350
To: markomalley
the galactic blast could happen before 2012 or any time over the next million years.
Now that's what I call wiggle room.
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:26:42 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: markomalley
So if it blew up 639.9 million years ago, we should be seeing it right about.............now!
To: markomalley
“The Earth could soon have a second sun, at least for a week or two.
The cosmic phenomenon will happen when one of the brightest stars in the night sky explodes into a supernova. “
I don’t get how that is supposed to be a “second sun.” The sun isn’t an especially bright star; it’s the star around which our planet revolves. Stupid article.
To: markomalley
When this happens, should we be worried about gamma ray exposer?
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:29:03 PM PST
by
dragonblustar
("... and if you disagree with me, then you sir, are worse than Hitler!" - Greg Gutfeld)
To: cripplecreek
That’s why the Rapturists haven’t glommed on to this thread. If it’s not just around the corner, it ain’t a sign of the Second Coming.
To: markomalley
I just wish that damn sun would detonate a little bit closer.
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:30:09 PM PST
by
Soothesayer
(smallpox is not a person)
To: mwilli20
could happen before 2012 or any time over the next million years This guy sounds like a climate scientist ;-)
Sounds like a typical "end-times" "prophet"
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:30:39 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: dragonblustar
should we be worried about gamma ray exposer? I thought the gamma ray exposer got arrested....
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