If the Sun vanished this instant, we would carry on in full daylight for about eight minutes and 20 seconds before anything seemed wrong, because that is how long its light takes to reach us

If the Sun could somehow vanish, not merely stop shining but disappear as a source of both light and gravity, the sky would stay bright on Earth’s day side for about eight minutes and twenty seconds, because that is how long its light takes to cross the distance to us. We would carry on in [...] The post If the Sun vanished this instant, we would carry on in full daylight for about eight minutes and 20 seconds before anything seemed wrong, because that is how long its light takes to reach us app