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Post by K5 on Jan 21, 2011 0:02:11 GMT -5
too funny.  |
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Post by Johnny on Jan 21, 2011 0:06:33 GMT -5
The article says earth will be showered in harmless particles that could we could actually benefit from. It's highly unlikely it'd change the temperature. There won't literally be another sun, we'll see a blast from a supernova 1300 light years away. The sun (according to a quick google search) is about 8 light minutes away.
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Post by Mr. Orange on Jan 21, 2011 0:16:09 GMT -5
We're all gonna die!!!!
Nah, but seriously, thats pretty cool. I'd like to see that happen.
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Post by B.D. & El G. on Jan 21, 2011 0:27:40 GMT -5
Can't wait. Sounds like it'll be something I'll be able to tell my kids about.
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Post by TyP09 on Jan 21, 2011 0:28:27 GMT -5
sounds cool, thanks for sharing
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Jan 21, 2011 0:39:21 GMT -5
Two suns, and no night for possibly a few weeks? Those would be the best weeks ever (especially if it's during summer). No! Not Betelgeuse! No more Orion =  Betelgeuse is apart of Orion? I had a dream last night, and a part of it had me looking at constellation's, specifically Orion. Creepy. |
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Post by Mr. Orange on Jan 21, 2011 0:42:59 GMT -5
Two suns, and no night for possibly a few weeks? Those would be the best weeks ever (especially if it's during summer).No! Not Betelgeuse! No more Orion = Betelgeuse is apart of Orion? I had a dream last night, and a part of it had me looking at constellation's, specifically Orion. Creepy. It would be so weird trying to sleep, at least for me. I'm a guy that likes it pitch black to sleep. Light only days for a few weeks would be a bizarre, but awesome at the same time. My sleep schedule would be out of wack so bad by the end of it. |
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Post by King Silva on Jan 21, 2011 0:44:45 GMT -5
That is interesting. Wonder if it will happen. If it did it would be trippy to see two of them in the sky plus it would be kinda hard to sleep. What about the poor nocturnal animals/ |
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Post by Almost Like Flacco on Jan 21, 2011 0:59:14 GMT -5
I think it would/will be quite an amazing thing to witness.
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Post by Oskanowski on Jan 21, 2011 1:08:02 GMT -5
I bet we could get a tan faster. 
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Post by Angel Beast on Jan 21, 2011 1:45:13 GMT -5
I bet we could get a tan faster. Sheamus better stock up on sun block. |
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jan 21, 2011 2:00:42 GMT -5
"Back in my day we had TWO suns. I didn't hear anybody complaining."
-All of us, at age 86.
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Post by King Silva on Jan 21, 2011 2:26:31 GMT -5
^ LOL.
I know it would be kinda cool to live through.
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Post by nexusonnen on Jan 21, 2011 7:21:08 GMT -5
There has never been a more appropriate time to use a "Cool story, bro" picture.
Alas, I won't use it anyway. It's been done a thousand times before... overkill is overkill.
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Post by Kliquid on Jan 21, 2011 7:56:09 GMT -5
Now that I'm thinking about this more... If this star is 1300 light years away... Then how the  are we going to see it, when we can't even see Mars with the naked eye MOST of the time, and that's like, next door? I know that Super Novas are very bright, but I think that the assumption that it's going to be a "second sun" doesn't make a lot of sense to me. |
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Post by Scotty on Jan 21, 2011 12:26:15 GMT -5
If this actuaclly does happen i hope it does during the summer
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Post by K5 on Jan 21, 2011 12:27:30 GMT -5
stars are millions of miles away yet still are able to send their light all the way to earth. i'm guessing it would be the light this 'sun' would provide that would make it possible to witness.
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Jan 21, 2011 12:29:56 GMT -5
Now that I'm thinking about this more... If this star is 1300 light years away... Then how the are we going to see it, when we can't even see Mars with the naked eye MOST of the time, and that's like, next door? I know that Super Novas are very bright, but I think that the assumption that it's going to be a "second sun" doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Just got back on this thread to share the same sentiments. Beat me to it |
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Post by TheNinthCloud on Jan 21, 2011 13:00:33 GMT -5
Please and thank you
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 21, 2011 15:12:42 GMT -5
The first thing that came to mind reading that was if there is no night for a few weeks, dont that mean fruit and vegetable production will dwindle.
Cos if you think about it plants absorb CO2 during the day (so they'll do this 24 hours which is a good thing), but if there's no night, plants wont respire which they need to do to live.
So without fruit and vegetables, we couldnt get meat, milk, bread....
Couldnt that be catastrophic?
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