What If Earth Was a Pulsar Planet?

What If: Science, Theory, and Possibilities · May 5, 2026 · 8m

Something is very wrong with our Sun. It’s turned into a spinning lighthouse of death. What would make the Sun so much more deadly than usual? Would there be any way life on Earth could survive this? Why would it feel like you're stuck at the bottom of the ocean? What's a pulsar planet like? Would there be eternal darkness on Earth? Will Earth still be habitable?

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00:00 What If Earth Was a Pulsar Planet?

01:48 Thanks Speakly!

02:55 What would you see?

04:26 Radiation

05:34 Would Earth survive?

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