What would really happen if the Sun vanished right now? For 8 minutes and 20 seconds... absolutely nothing. Then the lights go out, Earth flies off into the dark, the air itself freezes into snow, and only a few very stubborn survivors hang on. Here's the whole timeline, minute by minute and year by year.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:42 The first 8 minutes
1:23 Lights out
2:19 Earth flies away
3:15 The big freeze
4:37 Who survives?
6:10 A planet with no star
6:55 So, would we survive?

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SOURCES
If the Sun switched off (Caltech, Prof. Dave Stevenson): https://experts.caltech.edu/news/caltech-question-month-if-sun-ceased-exist-right-now-how-long-would-mankind-survive-would
How long life on Earth would last (Popular Science): https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/if-sun-went-out-how-long-could-life-earth-survive/
The Sun's mass and light travel time: https://www.space.com/58-the-solar-formation-statistics-and-traits.html
The Sun's mass loss every second: https://www.space.com/42649-solar-mass.html
Discovery of hydrothermal vents, 1977 (WHOI): https://www.whoi.edu/feature/history-hydrothermal-vents/discovery/1979.html
Geothermal heating in Iceland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_power_in_Iceland
Rogue planets: trillions in our galaxy? (NASA): https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/new-study-reveals-nasas-roman-could-find-400-earth-mass-rogue-planets/

Real photos: NASA, NOAA and other public-domain / CC0 photographers. Giant tube worms: Ifremer (CC BY 4.0). A few images are AI-generated or AI-edited (the boss Sun, the survivors' team photo, the vanishing Sun and tree).
Emoji: Noto Emoji by Google (Apache 2.0); animated emoji: Noto Emoji Animation (c) Google LLC (CC BY 4.0).

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