Q:

How long does it take the light from the sun to reach the Earth

Answer

Light travels 186,282 miles a second. Earth is 93 million miles away from the Sun. It takes sunlight 8.4 minutes to reach Earth!

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Description: sunlight travels the speed of light which is 186,282 miles per second or 299,792,458 meters per second. This means the light from the Sun takes 8.4 minutes to travel 93 million miles to Earth.

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Sunlight takes just over 8 minutes to reach the Earth. We are 93 million miles from the sun, but light travels at 300,000 km/s.