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How many years does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Earth?
8.3
Background
Sunlight needs about 8.3 minutes to reach Earth. That covers around 150 million kilometers. If the Sun went out right now, we would not notice for eight minutes. Until then, it would still look perfectly normal to us.
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