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Why does it take 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth?
Sunlight travels at the speed of light. ... Photons emitted from the surface of the Sun need to travel across the vacuum of space to reach our eyes. The short answer is that it takes sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth.15-Apr-2013
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How long does it take sunlight to reach the Earth? - Phys.org
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How long does it take sunlight to reach Earth?
Light travels at a speed of 299,792 kilometers per second; 186,287 miles per second. It takes 499.0 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth, a distance called 1 Astronomical Unit.
