• Question: if earth moves at the speed of light x4 how long would it take to reach the sun

    Asked by rudd532prey79 to Martin M, Christopher, Alex M on 8 Apr 2026.
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      Martin McCoustra answered on 8 Apr 2026:


      If the Sun suddenly stopped working, we’d find out roughly 8 minutes later as it takes sunlight 8 minutes to reach us on Earth. You can do the rest of the calculation easily given that and get a time of roughly 2 minutes!

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