Twin suns - coming to a planet near you

* Betelgeuse losing mass
* Explosion will create "new sun"
* May be set for 2012 appearance

The second biggest star in the Orion constellation 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.
When this happens a giant explosion will occur, tens of millions of times brighter than the sun.

Some experts have speculated Betelgeuse’s explosion may cause a neutron star or result in the formation of a black hole approximately 1300 light years from Earth, but Dr Carter says it could go either way.

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