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What if the biggest power outage imaginable happened-and you didn't notice for eight minutes and twenty seconds? If the Sun vanished instantly, Earth would look normal during that delay. Then daylight would disappear, like every light on Earth switching off. Plants would stop photosynthesis-the process that lets them turn sunlight into food-and temperatures would fall. But here's the bigger twist: the delay is not just for sunlight. The Sun's gravity would stop affecting Earth at the same moment, because that change travels at the same speed. Earth would leave its orbit and continue outward along the path it was already taking, instead of circling the Sun. The planet would not freeze instantly. Oceans and atmosphere would hold heat, but the surface would grow colder, making life increasingly hostile without sunlight. Yes. After eight minutes and twenty seconds, Earth goes dark, cools, and leaves its orbit.