If the sun were to suddenly disappear, the immediate effects would be catastrophic. The Earth would be plunged into darkness, and temperatures would drop to freezing within hours. All photosynthetic life would die, and the food chain would be severely disrupted. The loss of the sun's gravity would cause the planets in the solar system to go into chaos. Within a few days, the Earth's atmosphere would start to escape into space, and the oceans would freeze solid. Within a few months, all life on E