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Two suns? It could sort of look like it by 2012 with the explosion of Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse is already one of the brighter stars in the sky, and if it goes supernova, as many astronomers are predicting that it might— or technically, already did, we just haven’t seen it yet— it could temporarily create what would appear to be a second sun in the sky. A small one, but it still might be bright enough to be visible in the daytime.

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