• superkret@feddit.org
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    8か月前

    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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      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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        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.

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          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.

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      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.

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        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.