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Tatooine's twin suns - coming to a planet near you...
« on: January 21, 2011, 06:00:56 PM »
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IT'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.

My prediction?  December 21st, 2012.  :-) :popcorn:
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Re: Tatooine's twin suns - coming to a planet near you...
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2011, 06:07:58 PM »
How interesting. 

Glad we bought our black out curtains.  :rotf:
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Re: Tatooine's twin suns - coming to a planet near you...
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 06:09:36 PM »
If it does, this generation will have it's own "Tycho's Star".
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