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If the Sun exploded, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Light and gravity take that long to reach us. Then we would vaporize.
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This page presents the quote "If the Sun exploded, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Light and gravity take that long to reach us. Then we would vaporize.". Author of this quote is Neil deGrasse Tyson. This quote is about light, seconds, long, gravity, minutes, sun,.