TikTok have reacted with hysteria after discovering the sun could suddenly disappear, sending Earth flying across space. A video on the app detailed a report by the New Scientist, telling how if the sun was to vanish, here on Earth we wouldn't be plunged into "total darkness" for eight minutes - "the time t takes for its light to reach us".The report sparked concern that we'd be oblivious to the disappearance for those eight minutes.
And the revelation that the sun's absence could also result in our planet being "flung" across space only added to people's anxiety.
In actual fact, glaring signs that the sun had disappeared would likely include a dramatic fall in temperature, making survival "difficult", although people seemed more concerned.
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