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Tatooine's twin suns - coming to a planet near you just as soon as Betelgeuse explodesBy Claire Connelly: January 19, 2011 12:12PMIT'S the ultimate experience for Star Wars fans - staring forlornly off into the distance as twin suns sink into the horizon.Yet it's not just a figment of George Lucas's imagination - twin suns are real. And here's the big news - they could be coming to Earth.Yes, any day now we see a second sun light up the sky, if only for a matter of weeks.The infamous red super-giant star in Orion’s nebula - Betelgeuse - is predicted to go gangbusters and the impending super-nova may reach Earth before 2012, and when it does, all of our wildest Star Wars dreams will come true.The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is occurring.When that happens, we'll get our second sun, according to Dr Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland.