Photon Energy decreases

[bhsmith]

What would happen if the Energy of the photons from the sun decreased by 10^60?
I think it means that the earth would be colder than it is because the sun is not emmiting as much heat, but i'm not sure if that is correct. Thanks for any help!

[Matterwave]

A factor of 10^60 decrease in the energy output of the sun would make it basically a completely black ball. The solar luminosity is something like 10^26W, so dividing that by 10^60 gets you some ridiculously small number like 10^-44W...

The Earth would no longer have an external energy source, and would cool down to very frigid temperatures. It takes a little bit of time for this to happen though because the Earth has an atmosphere which traps heat, but after a couple of...days or weeks (I'm not sure how long it would actually take), the Earth would be a baron wasteland.

[nismaratwork]

A factor of 10^60 decrease in the energy output of the sun would make it basically a completely black ball. The solar luminosity is something like 10^26W, so dividing that by 10^60 gets you some ridiculously small number like 10^-44W...

The Earth would no longer have an external energy source, and would cool down to very frigid temperatures. It takes a little bit of time for this to happen though because the Earth has an atmosphere which traps heat, but after a couple of...days or weeks (I'm not sure how long it would actually take), the Earth would be a baron wasteland.

I think such a sudden reduction in output without having burned through its store of nuclear fuel would result in a sudden collapse, nova, and re-ignition... every part of which which kill us. Matterwave's answer is as good as any. I would suspect that it would take a great deal of time for all life to die, at least those stranger forms that seem to eschew sunlight and live on geothermal processes.