• superkret@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    Fun fact: If there was air between us and the sun to carry sound, we would constantly hear it roaring at around 100dB (as loud as a jackhammer).

    • MattW03@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 months ago

      More fun facts: When the stars are right In approximately 5 billion years, the sun will awake from his slumber enter in his red giant phase and devour engulf Mercury, Venus, and possibly also the Earth.

      • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        It will eat Earth and at some point the heat will likely make all the planets and their satellites unsuitable for humans. There might be a possibility for life on Pluto though.

    • Jumi@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Another fun fact: If we could hear the sun and it would suddenly disappear we would still hear it for another 13 to 14 years.

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Not eight minutes and twenty seconds?

        Not even an edit: I typed this then realized I was thinking of the speed of light, not sound. Sorry for doubting you.

      • superkret@feddit.org
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        3 months ago

        Cause it’s basically an ongoing explosion.
        And supposedly it would sound something like a huge waterfall.

        • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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          3 months ago

          I can’t help but wonder what effect that would have on life. Assuming that there’s a circumstance where a form of life can somehow be exposed to the infinite roar of its benevolent tyrant - what would that do to hearing? Would life even develop hearing? I can’t imagine things like echolocation would be very useful, but I’m just some dude thinking about our eldritch sun god. Idk.