Question

there is vacuum between earth and sun how does heat reaches the earth from sun

Answer 1

Answer:

Unlike conduction and convection, radiation does not need matter to transfer heat. Energy is radiated from the sun, through the vacuum of space at the speed of light. ... Some of it passes through and heats up the atoms on the earth's surface. Some will even be absorbed by your skin.

Answer 2

Unlike conduction and convection, radiation does not need matter to transfer heat. Energy is radiated from the sun, through the vacuum of space at the speed of light. ... Some of it passes through and heats up the atoms on the earth's surface. Some will even be absorbed by your skin.