Question

Light travels with a speed of 3 * 10 ^ 6 m/s. How long does light take to reach earth from sun which is 1.5x10"'m away?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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.