Is it true that if the Earth's atmosphere extended all the way to the sun, then the noise the sun makes would

Question

Is it true that if the Earth's atmosphere extended all the way to the sun, then the noise the sun makes would deafen us all? How much sound energy does the sun create? And what other effects would manifest themselves?

Answer 1

If the earth's atmosphere were that thick, the extreme gravity of the sun would suck it off until we are left with an atmosphere thick enough to be within the region where earth's gravity has a stronger effect than the sun's.

However. if that did not happen, then the energy of the sound the sun makes could be audible, but the distance involved is so large that the energy that will reach us here on earth is so small, it will just be barely heard. So it cannot be deafening.

Answer 2

Despite the poo poos from some of our purists answerers, it is sometimes fun to conjecture on the impossible. So I'm going to answer this question...what would you hear if the sun's sound could be transmitted to Earth?

Imagine the sound of a hydrogen bomb. Now imagine millions, if not billions, of them going off at once. That would be the sound of the sun at any given moment. That sound would be attenuated over the 93 millions miles it would travel between here and there. But with that kind of noise energy at the source, I suspect it would in fact be deafening if not worse on Earth.

The worse part comes from the fact that so-called overpressures, above atmospheric pressure, can kill. I don't know anyone who has done the math, but the overpressures from the sun, even 93 million miles away, might be great enough to kill most, if not all, life forms on Earth.

The good news is that this is pure fantasy; so that won't happen by the sun's sound.

Answer 3

Sound is created due to a movement of particles. This movement is vibrationary (i.e. appears to go back and forth, although in reality it's travelling forwards at varying speeds, and this is what gives different frequencies

Secondly, the suns light acts as both waves and particles and comes in packets of energy called photons. Due to their ability to act as particles it is no doubt possible to set up some very sensitive microphone and amplifier and listen to the sound of light as it hits the microphone with different intensities i.e. a bright light making more noise than a dim light.

If atmosphere extended to sun there would be more issues dealing with radiation than with noise, but noise could be potentially significant if not deafening

Answer 4

The Earth's atmosphere DOESN'T extend to the sun. It is physically impossible, so that part of your question is irrelevant.

However, the gas that makes up the sun does provide a medium thru which sound CAN travel. Astronomers have been able to observe that the sun vibrates/resonates and have even been able to translate this into audible sound for our ears. Another benefit of this is the ability to detect sunspots forming on the far side of the sun before rotation brings them into sight of solar telescopes on Earth.

Answer 5

If our atmosphere reached the sun then it would burn up in the fusion reaction and we'd all be dead. The sun doesn't make sound energy that I'm aware of. Sound requires gas or liquid or solid matter to move through and the sun is in the vacuum of space. Hope this helps. :)

Answer 6

if the atmoshpere was that big it would ripped apart by the energy and smaller atmoshpere would comeback,i think??????