How Long it Takes Light from the Sun to Reach the Earth
Light travels from the Sun to the Earth in about 8 minutes and 19 seconds. While it only takes 8 minutes and 19 seconds for the light from the surface of the sun to reach us, it actually takes about 10,000-170,000 years for a photon to travel from the core of the sun to the surface.
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Isn’t it still possible for an extremely lucky photon to escape the sun’s core in perhaps even less than a day, if the photon were continuously re-emitted towards the direction heading away from the sun’s core? Of course, almost all photons won’t, but there ought to be at least some that will…