If the vacuum of space didn't block sound from reaching us, the sun would be as loud as a jackhammer EVERYWHERE on earth. At all times.
And since sound travels much slower than light, if the sun were to go out, it would take 8 minutes for the light to stop reaching earth, but, it would take 13 years for the sound to stop. So, if you were around when the sun died, you'd be sitting in the dark, listening to the sound of a jackhammer for 13 years in the cold dark on no matter where you were on the planet.
And since sound travels much slower than light, if the sun were to go out, it would take 8 minutes for the light to stop reaching earth, but, it would take 13 years for the sound to stop. So, if you were around when the sun died, you'd be sitting in the dark, listening to the sound of a jackhammer for 13 years in the cold dark on no matter where you were on the planet.
