Let's speculate for a moment. What would happen if our sun suddenly went out?
For an hour, or for a month, or let's say even for a whole year?
What would happen to mankind?
The very last photons from the surface of our star and the last particles that make up the solar wind have started their final flight towards the Earth.
No one yet suspects that the heart of our solar system has stopped functioning. 8 to 9 minutes later, and the sky suddenly turns black.
Darkness descends upon the entire planet.
No matter whether at the moment it's the deep dark of midnight or a bright sunny noontime at your location, you can quickly and easily see the difference.
The stars are now all clearly visible against the sheer black backdrop of the sky.
The Moon is not visible at all since there's no longer any sunlight were it to reflect.
A moment before the onset of the all and shrouding darkness bright Northern Lights may appear due to changes in the magnetic field around the Earth and the disturbances in the ionosphere.
