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April 8, 2016

What Would Happen If The Sun Disappeared?

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Early scientists thought that the effects of the sun’s disappearance would be instantaneous, and that even if we didn’t notice its absence visually, the shift in gravity would be apparent. But we now know that gravity waves travel at the speed of light, which means that the planets would continue to orbit the “gap” where the sun had been for several minutes after its disappearance.






 
 
 
 

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