http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1349383/Betelgeuse-second-sun-Earth-supernova-turns-night-day.html

Apparently, scientists are predicting that the Earth will get a "second sun" during an extroadinary occurence which may happen within the next year.

The giant star Betelgeuse is due to blow itself into oblivion according to the news story ( Read more... )