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What would happen if the Sun went dark? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 week ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

I think it's just a video version of this: https://what-if.xkcd.com/49/

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 1 points 1 week ago

All races will unite to build underground settlements?