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POPSTwo Suns? Twin Stars Could Be Visible From Earth By 2012 But doomsday sayers should be careful about speculation on this one. If the star does go super-nova, Earth will be showered with harmless particles, according to Carter. "They will flood through the Earth and bizarrely enough, even though the supernova we see visually will light up the night sky, 99 per cent of the energy in the supernova is released in these particles that will come through our bodies and through the Earth with absolutely no harm whatsoever," he told news.com.au. In fact, a neutrino shower could be beneficial to Earth. According to Carter this "star stuff" makes up the universe. "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," said Carter.
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POPS Kathryn Gray, 10 Years Old, Discovers Supernova A supernova, which is a rare occurrence, is a stellar explosion that indicates the violent death of stars several times the size of the Sun. According to the RASC, supernovas are particularly interesting because they manufacture most of the chemical elements that went into the creation of Earth and other planets. Distant supernovas can also be used to estimate the size and age of our universe. According to CBC News, the last supernova in our galaxy occurred several hundred years ago, but was never seen, as it took place before the invention of the telescope.
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