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xXFatalxGhostXx wrote If the sun disappeared we would all freeze within 8mins. Learned that in Science class


That's not true. It takes approximately 8 and a half minutes for light from the sun to reach us here on Earth. So, if the sun disappeared, we wouldn't even know for 8 minutes. And at that point, the Earth would not instantly freeze, the Earth would slowly cool down over a period of hours, not minutes.
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we would jump out of orbit, not have energy, and die.
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Maya wrote It would get insanely cold and we would die. Simple. Assuming that our sun just dissapeared and didn't turn into a supernova or a white dwarf or a black hole, but that's a whole different story.


Our sun is not big enough to go supernova, and therefore will not turn into a black hole, as only the biggest stars that produce the biggest supernovas, sometimes called meganovas, produce black holes.

When our sun dies, it will swell up until it engulfs our solar system approximately up to jupiter, will then dissipate and will leave a white dwarf behind.

N.B - Our sun is actually a smaller star than average.
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We would all freeze since the sun is our primary source of heat.
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we wouldn't even have to time to get anything, once the sun is out we would die in like not even 24 hours.
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Drumstep wrote we would jump out of orbit, not have energy, and die.


We would not "jump" out of our orbit. Assuming the sun just instantly disappeared, the Earth would continue in a (relatively) straight path, on a tangent to our circular orbit, in the place we were when the sun disappeared.
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Kerrigan wrote
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Maya wrote It would get insanely cold and we would die. Simple. Assuming that our sun just dissapeared and didn't turn into a supernova or a white dwarf or a black hole, but that's a whole different story.
ya It woul be but I tried to explain it easier

We wouldn't have time to rush to the store. It takes around 8 minutes for light to reach Earth, so in about 8 minutes (give or take), the solar system would be a much much colder place. We would probably just all freeze to death in seconds.

It's -180C (-290F) in the shade in space. So it would probably be colder. The heat retained from the sun in Earth wouldn't stand a chance.


The radiation from the Earth would keep us heated at a slightly lower temperature than normal (but survivable). This would last for about a year. If you would have watched vsauce's video on this then you would know what happens!
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Kerrigan wrote
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Maya wrote It would get insanely cold and we would die. Simple. Assuming that our sun just dissapeared and didn't turn into a supernova or a white dwarf or a black hole, but that's a whole different story.
ya It woul be but I tried to explain it easier

We wouldn't have time to rush to the store. It takes around 8 minutes for light to reach Earth, so in about 8 minutes (give or take), the solar system would be a much much colder place. We would probably just all freeze to death in seconds.

It's -180C (-290F) in the shade in space. So it would probably be colder. The heat retained from the sun in Earth wouldn't stand a chance.


Your reply is very misguided. You are right that it takes 8 minutes for light to reach Earth from the sun, therefore, when the sun disappeared, we would still have a source of light for the next 8 and a half minutes, and so nothing would actually begin to get colder until after those 8 minutes. The rest of the solar system however (everything further out than us), would have a longer source of light than that we have once the sun disappeared, and so the solar system would, slowly, get colder from the center to the outside reaches of our solar system.

When I say slowly, I mean it would take several hours.
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xXFatalxGhostXx wrote If the sun disappeared we would all freeze within 8mins. Learned that in Science class

No we wouldn't? Watch that video above by vsauce. We would all die because we would have food. And it would get really cold. :p
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Vsauce Ftw.
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