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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

What would happen if the Sun went dark?

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What would happen if the Sun went dark?

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago
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    I haven’t watched the video (yet). Here are my guesses:

    • It gets dark (obviously).
    • It gets cold.
    • Astronomers get excited.
    • The missing pressure from sunlight will somehow mess up the planet’s rotation around the sun or our atmosphere.
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      I think it’s just a video version of this: https://what-if.xkcd.com/49/

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