If the Sun were transformed into a black hole, Earth would continue orbiting it because gravity is determined by mass, not the physical form of the object; however, Earth would freeze to death due to the absence of solar radiation.
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What happens to Earth if the Sun turns into a black hole?Added:
Correct. We would still just be orbiting a black hole now that is our sun.
>> have extra gravity.
>> have it, right. Cuz the gravity is due to the mass and the mass does not change.
>> if you turn our it it wouldn't happen naturally, but if you magic hands to do it, yeah, it would just be a black hole and if it was if it was the same mass, we'd just still orbit around around that.
>> So now >> we freeze to death.
We freeze to death. [laughter] >> Um but Jean-François actually has made me have a question
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