Twin Suns coming to Earth Soon
January 23rd 2011 11:12
Category: Cosmic Objects
Betelgeuse imaged by the Hubble Telescope
Who writs this stuff? According to a news article that appeared on news.com.au about the likelihood of the star is about set to explode in 2012.
This article further fuels the believers of the 2012 Doomsday cult.
I think the author of these articles have been watching too many Star Wars re-runs.
Even if the Star Betelgeuse were to explode there is no telling when it might happen.
In the event it does explode it would have no effect on Earth let alone sparking a second Sun.
Betelgeuse is a red giant star located within the Orion constellation and is a little over 600 light years from us.
Betelgeuse may explode tonight, or it may not go supernova until the year 200,000 A.D.
Light takes 600 odd years to travel from Betelgeuse to us. So even if this did explode in 2012, we wouldn’t see the effects for 600 years !
Given the odds of Betelgeuse exploding in 2012 are slim. In the event that Betelgeuse does explode in our lifetime we will see a bright shining” Star” not a full blown Sun as stated in the article. If Betelgeuse were to go supernova it would visible from anywhere on Earth.
According to my reading of the original paper by Dr. Carter, he does not mention a second Sun in that context, the connection is all made by the article’s author. The mistake is not to get the science mixed up with science fiction.
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Comment by S.L.
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Comment by CarlCan
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A supernova at that distance would have little to zero affect on earth, with the exception of extremely low yield Gamma rays
You would get more radiation form the Sun, that a star explosion at 600 L.Y.