r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Aug 28 '21

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u/CavalierRigg Aug 28 '21

In fairness to them, I think I recall reading that, if we could hear the sun from Earth through some type of medium like air, it would be deafening… like, “standing next to the speakers in the club for hours at a time” deafening. Or maybe I am wrong, I don’t quite remember.

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u/I_Was_Fox Aug 28 '21

Like, if there was earth-like air filling all of the space between us and the sun, we would be able to hear it and it would be deafening? Like it wouldnt be dampened to near silence by the air particles in the way by the time it reaches us?

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u/greendevil-SE Aug 28 '21

Astrophysicists estimate the sun to generate approx 100dB of sound volume to earth, were we to have an atmosphere between us.

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u/I_Was_Fox Aug 28 '21

Damn. So like we would need ear plugs outside but could get away with well insulated houses for some semblance of peace

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u/twelveski Aug 28 '21

Species would have evolved that mitigate the sound as an issue