The earth may have two suns in 2012

No night would be kind of sad. Night is my favourite time of the day :\Ace6301

Isn't that already a reality in certain parts of the world?

Temporary 24 hour sunlight would be pretty cool. Might confuse the animals, though.SolidSnake35

Interesting. How long do supernovas take to burn out? (I.e., if we did have a second "sun", how long would it be up there?)

GabuEx

If the star is 1300 light years away and still hasn't gone super nova, then how are we going to see the light of it from just a couple of years? I'm either missing something or they are saying that it is a possibility that it went super nova around 1300 years ago and the light could just now be getting to us. Which one is it?

hoola

harmless my ass. its going to awake the sun people from the depths of the earth and they will be so powerful, even out nuclear weapons can harm them. DUH.

[QUOTE="RageQuit4Life"]

Wait, you're trying to tell us that we will burns to death in 2012?!

MobilechicaneX

No, read the damn post.

LOL. It is actually really cool though.

Basically, Earth is turning into Tattooine.

And while the celestial event could take place before the end of 2012, it may not occur for a million years.

I expect to hear John Williams music playing in the background when this happens.

Stars going supernova are extremely difficult to predict, they can range from hundreds to thousands of years. How could they confirm it's exactly going to go kablooey on the year where nutjobs consider it to be th end of everything?

But hey, if it does happen, make it during the summer. I want 24 hours of daylight on my time off. :P

Now that would be a story to tell the grandchildren.

It'd be cool for maybe a week, but I better get my damn night-cycle.

Life is great! cant wait.

I may be a bit naive here, but I presume the star is on the other side of the earth to that of the sun, hence the 24 hours of daylight?

(LIGHT FROM SUN) ------- (EARTH ROTATING AND ORBITING SUN) -------(LIGHT FROM SUPERNOVA)

Will the supernova's light only last for a few weeks - really? What if it lasts for years, and as the Earth orbits the Sun, we go from having 24 hours of daylight, to just 2 "Suns" during the day 6 months later, and back to 24 hours of daylight after 12 months (if you know what I mean).

I'm just throwing random ideas out here, because a few weeks seems insignificant in the galactic scheme of things for a supernova >_>

Edit: Glitchspot today.

I would actually like to see that happen, although nocturnal animals probably wont be too happy about it.

We're going to be showered with rich star dust? Sounds exciting. :o

That's going to be annoying....

Damn Galaxy.

I may be a bit naive here, but I presume the star is on the other side of the earth to that of the sun, hence the 24 hours of daylight?

(LIGHT FROM SUN) ------- (EARTH ROTATING AND ORBITING SUN) -------(LIGHT FROM SUPERNOVA)

Will the supernova's light only last for a few weeks - really? What if it lasts for years, and as the Earth orbits the Sun, we go from having 24 hours of daylight, to just 2 "Suns" during the day 6 months later, and back to 24 hours of daylight after 12 months (if you know what I mean).

I'm just throwing random ideas out here, because a few weeks seems insignificant in the galactic scheme of things for a supernova >_>

Edit: Glitchspot today.

raynimrod

Anybody else concerned about the possibility of a gamma ray burst from this event? Or is it not possible due to some factor about this particular star?

We're going to be showered with rich star dust? Sounds exciting. :oLikeHaterade

Sounds awesome but I would have trouble sleeping.

Anybody else concerned about the possibility of a gamma ray burst from this event? Or is it not possible due to some factor about this particular star?

hartsickdiscipl

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Anybody else concerned about the possibility of a gamma ray burst from this event? Or is it not possible due to some factor about this particular star?

xaos

Yeah, at worst it might try to make us leave our homes so ghosts could haunt in peace.

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Anybody else concerned about the possibility of a gamma ray burst from this event? Or is it not possible due to some factor about this particular star?

xaos

Well, this is what I just read in the OP's article-

"The explosion could also cause a neutron star or result in the formation of a black hole 1300 light years from Earth"

I have to ask.. If a Red Supergiant like Betelgeuse can't form a black hole, what can?

I can't wait for 2013

Well, here's at least one source saying that it should be a non-issue for us-

http://www.space.com/10662-betelgeuse-sun.html

Well, here's at least one source saying that it should be a non-issue for us-

http://www.space.com/10662-betelgeuse-sun.html

hartsickdiscipl

Well my mom's favorite constellation happens to be Orion, so I don't know about that. :x

[QUOTE="LikeHaterade"]We're going to be showered with rich star dust? Sounds exciting. :oscorch-62

That's what I meant by "exciting." :x

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Well, here's at least one source saying that it should be a non-issue for us-

http://www.space.com/10662-betelgeuse-sun.html

GabuEx

Well my mom's favorite constellation happens to be Orion, so I don't know about that. :x

She'll deal with it! Better than any inhabited planets that may be within the range (and aligned to the star's pole) of the potential gamma-ray burst that a red giant like this one could put out when it goes. It will be interesting to see what kind of gravimetric effects a black hole in that position would have on nearby star systems.

[QUOTE="scorch-62"][QUOTE="LikeHaterade"]We're going to be showered with rich star dust? Sounds exciting. :oLikeHaterade

I didn't realize you were into that sort of thing. Carry on, then.scorch-62

I'm actually not; just playful banter. I don't want to mislead you. :P

If the light from the supernova were to reach us in 2012, it would have had to supernova back in the middle ages. So no, we will not have two suns in 2012.

I'm lovin' this. =D

i shared it on FB,hopefully it gets me some attention amongst hot FBgirls.

Notice he says nothing about it being likely to happen in 2012. HuffPo just threw that in there because the story isn't interesting enough to get hits on its own.

Notice he says nothing about it being likely to happen in 2012. HuffPo just threw that in there because the story isn't interesting enough to get hits on its own.

Cherokee_Jack