Someone just asked me this question...

[Geekling]

that the sun is no longer burning. That it died out. I know it takes awhile for the light from the sun to reach us. But how long?

 

[minendo]

7 minutes

 

[MoPHo]

Originally posted by: minendo
7 minutes

or 8...somewhere in between

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: minendo
7 minutes

 

[tami]

8 minutes.

 

[MoPHo]

Text

#4...says 8.4 minutes.

 

[her209]

Does it matter?

 

[puffff]

for ATOTers, probably a long time. their monitors would continue to provide all the light needed.

 

[Mo0o]

There probably wont be any people left on earth when the sun stops burning

 

[MAME]

8.5 minutes

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
There probably wont be any people left on earth when the sun stops burning

The earth itself may not even be here; at least not as we know it. Don't dying stars expand quite a bit before finally colapsing and going out?

Nate

 

[edro]

92,955,820.5 miles (Astronimical Unit) / 670,616,629 mph (Speed of Light) * 60 min = 8.31674 minutes

 

[cubby1223]

If I remember from astronomy class way back when, isn't the sun going to encompass (and destroy) the entire solar system long before burning out?

 

[her209]

What if you're on the dark side of the planet?

 

[Armitage]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force...

 

[neutralizer]

Eh. I wouldn't notice. I have my blinds closed most of them time. My monitor lights up the room.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: her209
What if you're on the dark side of the planet?

The moon will go out.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: her209
What if you're on the dark side of the planet?

The moon will go out.

That'd be so funny watching the moon go out. It'd be like :Q "someone turned off the moon"

 

[everman]

About 8 mins if it just poofed out of existence. But realistically speaking, the earth will probably be pretty much destroyed once the sun becomes a red giant.