alt Hacker NewsOh, probably skipped physics too. I haven't seen the video (yet), but I would have bet that light on earth came out 8 minutes ago from the sun.
Oh, probably skipped physics too. I haven't seen the video (yet), but I would have bet that light on earth came out 8 minutes ago from the sun.
Light from the sun that is reaching us now escaped the surface of the sun 8 minutes ago, yes.
But photons are generated in the core through nuclear reactions, where they take their sweet amount of thousands of years bouncing around until they get out.