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In summary, if all the stars, except the sun, were to stop burning and giving off heat, we would not feel any significant heat loss. This is because the relative intensity of their heat contribution is similar to that of their light, which does not have a significant impact on our solar system.
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If all the stars, except the sun, went out (stopped burning/giving off heat), would we feel any heat loss?

Yes or no answers please.

Thanks,

BSMo.
 
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BSMo said:
If all the stars, except the sun, went out (stopped burning/giving off heat), would we feel any heat loss?

Yes or no answers please.

Thanks,

BSMo.

If stars are roughly similar to the sun, the relative intensity of their heat contribution to that of the sun would be similar to the relative intensity of their light to that of the sun. So would you feel any light loss?
 
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No. Stars do not contribute any meaningful effects on our solar system.
 
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Chronos said:
No. Stars do not contribute any meaningful effects on our solar system.

Except that we can see them pretty well, as outlined by the above poster.
 
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simply no
 

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