[clyde asbury]

What If The Sun Was To Go Out? isn't an urgent question. But it's also not as simple as some here are saying. Astronomy 101 says red giant earth sizzle, end of story.

[Ahem.]

I wonder if these experts can tell us the solution to the solar neutrino problem.

[RatSlayer]

Since that was obviously directed at me...

Yeah, to the best of my knowledge, the physics of stars the size of our sun is well understood and is described in any Astromony 101 class.

Neutrinos are a problem. And since I am definately not an expert, I don't claim to understand the physics behind the creation of neutrinos. I also don't claim to understand the physics of the big bang, but the physics there are also way out of the realm of the simple fusion processes that occurs in the sun.