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POV: If the sun exploded right now, you wouldn't know about it for another eight minutes.

Me: Wow! What does it even mean?
You mean i must have become unconscious? 🤔

POV: No Bro! 😂
So Listen, The speed of light, which is the fastest speed at which any object or information can travel, is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second (m/s). The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 149,597,890,000 meters.

If the Sun were to suddenly explode, the light from this event would take approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth. This is called the "light travel time" and is the reason why we would not know about the Sun's explosion immediately.

Here's the calculation:

Distance to Sun: 149,597,890,000 m
Speed of light: 299,792,458 m/s

Time = Distance / Speed
= 149,597,890,000 m / (299,792,458 m/s)
= 500 s
= 8 minutes 20 seconds

So, if the Sun were to explode right now, we wouldn't know about it for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.

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