Will we be able to see two suns in 2012?

2011-01-23 19:41:18

#1

FloppY_: +1,010|6677|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/21/wi … s-by-2012/

Well look that: we may have another “sun” soon. That would be swell, and certainly the greatest thing to happen to sunglasses manufacturers. A scientist in Australia says that Betelgeuse, which is something like 640 light years away, appears to be losing mass at a fairly rapid rate. If that happens the star could go supernova, which would produce such a blindingly bright, uh, image, that it would be as visible in our sky as a second sun. Wild.

The prediction is that all of this would go down in 2012.

That, of course, means that this actually happened 640 years ago, more than 100 years before Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue.

I don’t know, I thought it was neat. It also reminded me of Sephiroth, which is always appreciated.

This sounds pretty wicked but I bet all those 2012 fanatics out there are rubbing their fingers and getting ready with their "We told you so" banners...

I'm more worried about the effects a visible supernova would have on our planet though...

Last edited by FloppY_ (2011-01-23 19:42:17)

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2011-01-23 19:44:05

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Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6390|The Mitten

I swear, I need to trust my instincts. As soon as I saw the article on the news.com.au site desperately trying to link Betelgeuse going supernova with the nonsense about the Mayans and 2012, my gut reaction was to write about it.
But no, I figured a minute later, this story would blow over. So to speak.
I should’ve known: instead of going away, it gets picked up by that bastion of antiscience, The Huffington Post.
Grrrr.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas … -and-2012/

EE (hats

2011-01-23 19:44:26

#3

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5569|Sydney

2012? Eerie.

Lucky I've got me aviators

2011-01-23 19:44:44

#4

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6888

but the photography

hey floppy, how will you see all this from your mum's basement?

2011-01-23 19:45:28

#5

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6703

burnzz wrote:
but the photography

hey floppy, how will you see all this from your mum's basement?

pirate it a week after it airs on TV

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2011-01-23 19:48:02

#6

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6902|Gold Coast

Saw this a few days ago.

meh. Dont think it'll happen any time soon.

noice

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2011-01-23 19:48:54

#7

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5359|Dundee, Scotland.

FloppY_ wrote:
I'm more worried about the effects a visible supernova would have on our planet though...

Yeah, you might get a suntan

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-23 19:56:44

#8

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5359|Dundee, Scotland.

It literally makes things like gold, silver - all the heavy elements - even things like uranium….a star like Betelgeuse is instantly forming for us all sorts of heavy elements and atoms that our own Earth and our own bodies have from long past supernovi

That's pretty cool though

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-23 19:57:27

#9

FloppY_: +1,010|6677|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Camm wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
I'm more worried about the effects a visible supernova would have on our planet though...
Yeah, you might get a suntan

That and all the plant life that relies on a certain day-night cycle could fuckup and fuck the whole ecosystem....

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2011-01-23 20:00:29

#10

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5359|Dundee, Scotland.

FloppY_ wrote:
Camm wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
I'm more worried about the effects a visible supernova would have on our planet though...
Yeah, you might get a suntan
That and all the plant life that relies on a certain day-night cycle could fuckup and fuck the whole ecosystem....

No it won't, more sun means more time for photosynthesis, we're gonna have shitloads more trees/plants etc

troll post

Last edited by Camm (2011-01-23 20:20:50)

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-23 20:02:01

#11

FloppY_: +1,010|6677|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Morpheus wrote:
I swear, I need to trust my instincts. As soon as I saw the article on the news.com.au site desperately trying to link Betelgeuse going supernova with the nonsense about the Mayans and 2012, my gut reaction was to write about it.
But no, I figured a minute later, this story would blow over. So to speak.
I should’ve known: instead of going away, it gets picked up by that bastion of antiscience, The Huffington Post.
Grrrr.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas … -and-2012/

I expected as much tbh

Setting this to 2012 just makes it want to seem like bullshit

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2011-01-23 20:11:03

#12

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,745|7128|Cinncinatti

Camm wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
Camm wrote:

Yeah, you might get a suntan
That and all the plant life that relies on a certain day-night cycle could fuckup and fuck the whole ecosystem....
No it won't, more sun means more time for photosynthesis, we're gonna have shitloads more trees/plants etc

/facepalm

2011-01-23 20:12:48

#13

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5359|Dundee, Scotland.

RTHKI wrote:
Camm wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:

That and all the plant life that relies on a certain day-night cycle could fuckup and fuck the whole ecosystem....
No it won't, more sun means more time for photosynthesis, we're gonna have shitloads more trees/plants etc
/facepalm

Erm... How? Photosynthesis is plants taking in light. More light, more plants.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-23 20:14:10

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13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6888

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2011-01-23 20:26:35

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6543|what

Owls will deafen us with their incessant hooting!

2011-01-23 20:27:13

#16

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5359|Dundee, Scotland.

AussieReaper wrote:
Owls will deafen us with their incessant hooting!

Derp, owls hoot at *night*. There won't be a night.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-23 20:29:10

#17

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6888

Think of the children!

2011-01-23 20:29:42

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6543|what

Camm wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Owls will deafen us with their incessant hooting!
Derp, owls hoot at *night*. There won't be a night.

But, sir, every plant in town will die. Owls will deafen us with incessant hooting. The town sun dial will be useless!

2011-01-23 20:30:16

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Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5359|Dundee, Scotland.

AussieReaper wrote:
Camm wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Owls will deafen us with their incessant hooting!
Derp, owls hoot at *night*. There won't be a night.
But, sir, every plant in town will die. Owls will deafen us with incessant hooting. The town sun dial will be useless!

Fucking hell... plants won't die. The sun will make them grow more.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-23 20:30:57

#20

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6888

Venus

2011-01-23 20:32:56

#21

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6543|what

Camm wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Camm wrote:
Derp, owls hoot at *night*. There won't be a night.
But, sir, every plant in town will die. Owls will deafen us with incessant hooting. The town sun dial will be useless!
Fucking hell... plants won't die. The sun will make them grow more.

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2011-01-23 21:14:38

#22

UnkleRukus: That Guy; +236|5427|Massachusetts, USA

AussieReaper wrote:
Camm wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:

But, sir, every plant in town will die. Owls will deafen us with incessant hooting. The town sun dial will be useless!
Fucking hell... plants won't die. The sun will make them grow more.
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2011-01-24 01:14:39

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Sisco: grandmaster league revivalist; +493|6734

Betelgeuse? Really?

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2011-01-24 01:22:14

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6543|what

Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!

2011-01-24 01:23:58

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AussieReaper wrote:
Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!

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