How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach earth?
Speed of light is 186,282 miles per second meaning the light from the Sun takes 8.4 minutes to travel 93 million miles to Earth.
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It takes about 500 seconds or a little over 8 minutes for the Sun's light to reach the Earth.
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