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Speed Of Light

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    Sunlight Takes Approximately Eight Minutes And Twenty Seconds To Reach Earth

    Traveling at the speed of light (299,792,458 meters per second), photons from the Sun embark on a 150-million-kilometer journey across space. This means we always see the Sun as it was 8 minutes ago.

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    Light Slows Down When Traveling Through Water or Glass

    Light travels fastest in a vacuum (about 299,792 kilometers per second). When it passes through denser mediums like water or glass, it interacts with the atoms, causing it to slow down temporarily.

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