What would the world be like if the sun went out or became a red giant?
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I've been reading through a lot of articles and studies on what would occur if our solar system suddenly lost its star, and I would love to hear your thoughts on what would happen.<br><br>#1. Space Climate **Extreme** Cold<br><br>You all know that the sun radiates solar radiation, which powers hysteresis for atmospheric pressure and temperature. The radiation would essentially immediately disappear due to the lack of fusion generation in the center of the sun. This would cause the atmospheric pressure to immediately begin to drop, which would make the atmosphere dissipate. There would be extreme temperature drops, and it would get extremely cold.<br><br>#2. Atmospheric Loss<br><br>As discussed earlier, atmospheric loss is one of the most dire effects of the sudden loss of hysteresis due to the sun's fusion generation. Atmospheric pressure is extremely important for a planetary system in terms of sustaining life. It would be nearly impossible to survive in a pressure that is close to that of space, and this is also extremely important for the survival of most mammals.<br><br>#3. Everything would Freeze<br><br>This is a pretty obvious and well-known result of this. This would occur because of the extreme lack of heat, and would cause everything to freeze and remain in a state of complete solidarity. Water would also freeze, and this would be a very big challenge for any species or race of people in terms of resources.<br><br>#4. The Earth would Become a Ball of Ice<br><br>This is the harshest of all the results of the sun going out. It would become completely uninhabitable for any race or species to survive with how rapidly the Earth would change.<br><br>#5. The Planet would eventually become a frozen black planet and become one with space<br><br>This is theoretically what would occur if our sun were to become a red giant, which is theoretically what would happen if our sun were to become about 10% larger. This is not the same as what would occur if the sun were to not steadily increase in size and emit radiation, but what would occur if the fusion generation were to suddenly cease and the sun just became a ball of hot light.<br><br>Eventually, the planet would become a black ice planet, and would steadily begin to not steadily increase in size, but instead steadily begin to shrink and shrink until it became a black ice planet, eventually becoming a "featureless black ice planet indistinguishable from the interstellar medium". This is what would eventually become of our solar system and planet earth.
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