What would happen if the sun were to stop shining?

Answer 1

If the sun went out there would be no daytime so most all plants would die. There would also be no heat so all the oceans and lakes would freeze. Those are just a couple of things you would see. One thing you wouldn't see is the moon because its light is sunlight reflected to earth and that would be gone.

Answer 2

First, you have to understand that the sun is like a HUGE, big burning star, and the energy reaches Earth as heat and light. So if I were to literally answer your question, the most important side effect would be the lack of warmth and light, which would basically cause the Earth to "freeze". Hope this helps!

If the sun were to blink out, but its mass stayed, the above is true. If it disappeared, mass and all, the above would be true as well as all the objects in our solar system would continue following the straight line they have always been following, except the mass of the sun no longer curves the space on which the line traces itself into an orbit. Everything would be heading for deep space… Earth, her siblings, all the moons, the Asteroid Belt, the Kuiper Belt, the Oort Cloud… everything caught in our star's gravity well would shoot out in the direction they were headed when the star blinked out. Of course, everything would start to trace a new arc around whatever gravity well influences them at this time. As for life on the planet… gone within the first couple decades, if that.

Answer 3

Without gravity the Earth and all other objects would cease orbiting and would travel off at tangents - straight lines - for ever.