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- -01-25-11 A Second Sun Will Be Visible, Briefly, Someday (Time.com)
" 'When this fuel [on Betelgeuse] runs out the star will literally collapse in upon itself and it will do so very quickly,' " Brad Carter, a senior lecturer of physics at the University of Southern Queensland said. The subsequent explosion will appear tens of millions of times brighter than the sun, meaning 24-hours of light on Earth."
"And while the celestial event could take place before the end of 2012, it may not occur for a million years." 01-11
- -03-18-11 Supermoon on Saturday (MSNBC News)
"Thanks to a fluke of orbital mechanics that brings the moon closer to Earth than it has been in more than 18 years, the biggest full moon of 2011 will occur on Saturday, leading some observers to dub it a 'supermoon.' " 03-11
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