Interesting fact: A photon produced at the sun’s core cannot travel directly to the surface, due to being absorbed and re-emitted by other particles countless times. It takes an average of 10,000,000 years for that photon to escape the sun – then another 8.3 minutes to travel to Earth.
Interesting fact: A photon produced at the sun’s core cannot travel directly to the surface, due to being absorbed and re-emitted by other particles countless times. It takes an average of 10,000,000 years for that photon to escape the sun – then another 8.3 minutes to travel to Earth.