If the sun extinguishes, how quickly would the earth be in the dark?

Question

If the sun extinguishes, how quickly would the earth be in the dark?

Answer 1

It will take 7 - 8 minutes for people on Earth to notice this.

Answer 2

within a few hours

Answer 3

It would wink out in 8 minutes.

Answer 4

well the its not that simple as when the sun ends its life it wil become a red giant in a matter of minutes which is basically where it expands massivly so earth would be completely wiped out then soooooo we would know to much after that but the sun would then collapses into a tiny ball and would then have and immense explosion and would completely annialate itself and nearly all of the nearby planets  this is when it would finally go out this would probably take a few days tho  (and it takes 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach the earth  so if it did just ''go out'' it would take 8 minutes to see it)         :)

Answer 5

it is not as simple as a light switching off and it becoming dark

the earth and other planets are likely to get engulfed by the sun before it extinguishes

also all life on earth is because of the sun's heat and light - sun is the source of all life - and if it were to extinguish we will be plunged not only in darkness but in extreme cold conditions which will kill every living organism instantly.

Answer 6

8 minutes for no sunlight, but maybe several months for all the energy we have to stop producing light.

Answer 7

it would be approximately 8 min. because at light speed it takes 8 min to travel from the Sun to Earth in those 8 min we would have no idea what was to come because it would be completely impossible to receive/relay any data faster than light

Answer 8

About eight and a half minutes. That's how long it takes for a ray of light leaving the sun's surface to reach Earth.

Answer 9

7 or 8 minutes, from the top of my head.

Answer 10

8.3 minutes

Answer 11

negative 6 trillion years. the sun would envelope the earth way before it extinguishes.

Answer 12

8 minutes give or take a few seconds.