• superkret@feddit.org
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    10 days 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).

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      10 days 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.

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        10 days 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.

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

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          No, it is not an ongoing explosion. It is in equilibrium, an explosion is not, that is it’s defining thing. Why should it sound like water when the processes happen on far larger scales (lower frequencies)? They should almost exclusively be inaudible.