What Happens If the Sun Is Suddenly Extinguished?

xkcd的s What If? as always with answers to the really important questions. Today: What if the sun just went out like that? (direct link)

What If Someone Suddenly Turned the Sun Off?

The What If? series from Randall Munroe and Henry Reich (previously at Neatorama) seeks to give serious answers to ridiculous theoretical questions. The most common question they receive, over and over, is "What would happen if the sun went out?" This is also a common question outside of the series, too. What they are actually asking is how long would it be before we all froze to death. The answer varies, because humans know how to keep warm up …

What Happens If the Sun Is Suddenly Extinguished?

As part of their ongoing “What If?” series, Randall Munroe of xkcd and Henry Reich of MinutePhysics answered the common query of “What happens if the sun goes out?”. The response was very amusing noting all of the benefits of an extinguished sun and the one very large drawback. What would happen to the Earth if the Sun suddenly switched off? is probably the single most popular question submitted to What If. View this post on Instagram A post s…