Would Earth fly off into space if the Sun disappeared?

[Julius Ceasar]

It all good Oro i am now aware the question is impossible in GR and will work on it. It was a high school level question so perhaps tone it down sunshine.

 

[Orodruin]

It all good Oro i am now aware the question is impossible in GR and will work on it. It was a high school level question so perhaps tone it down sunshine.

Regardless of level, do you want to learn something or just be told a story? This is the difference between science and popular science. Whereas learning science will tell you how the theories actually work and generally requires you to make more effort outside your comfort zone, popular science will tell you a story about science that comes with a million caveats you have no chance to catch as a layman. This is all good if you understand that and it is what you want. However, there are countless examples of people coming to these forums with the impression that they know science based on popularised accounts.

 

[Julius Ceasar]

I can appreciate that.

 

[fresh_42]

An object like the sun cannot go out of existence. But if it does (If the sun converted all its mass into energy in a second and all the energy is ejected from its poles perpendicular to Earth's orbit plane), it'll take 8:34 min to recognize, optical as well as gravitational since nothing is faster than the speed of light.

I do not see why there have been so many posts, and even less why this thread became personal.

Thread closed.