Second Sun spectacle to light the Earth for 24 hours
Prominent astronomers across the globe believe that the Earth will certainly have a border row seat when the disappearing red super-giant star, called Betelgeuse, finally drives itself into oblivion.
THIS YEAR the Earth could soon have a second sun. The cosmic phenomenon will happen when one of the brightest stars in the night sky explodes into a supernova. It is expected that this occurrence will remain for at least a week or two and will be the most stunning light show. Prominent astronomers across the globe believe that the Earth will certainly have a border row seat when the disappearing red super-giant star, called Betelgeuse, finally drives itself into oblivion. The impact of the explosion from the star in Orion constellation will be so bright that nights will appear as day and the phenomenon will continue over the next few weeks.
Debate is still going on this occurrence's exact time. In astrophysical and cosmological terms, it is predicted that the Betelgeuse will crash and burn in the near future.
Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics from of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, claimed that the galactic blast could happen before 2012 — or any time over the next million years. He believes that fuel is running out from this old star, which keeps this star shinning and supported. It will accurately collapse when this fuel runs out and it will do very quickly. Its effects are such that there will be incredible brightness for a brief period of time for a couple of weeks and then over the coming months it begins to fade and then eventually it will be very hard to see at all.
Some experts believe that it will still happen way too far from Earth. But Brad Carter's research theory says that there will be tiny particles called neutrinos will rain all over the world when this star explodes. They will flood through the Earth and strangely enough, even though the supernova we see visually will light up the night sky, 99% of the energy in the supernova is released in the particles that will come through our bodies.
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