What is the time taken by the sunlight to reach the earth's surface?

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From the study it takes sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth. Sunlight travels at the speed of light. We know that distance of sun from earth = 149.6×10⁶km. Photons emitted from the surface of the sun need to travel across the vacuum of space to reach our eyes.

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