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On average, sunlight takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach the Earth. That means that any sunlight one sees is over 8 minutes old by the time one has seen it. In addition, if the sun were to disappear instantly, it would be over 8 minutes before the people of Earth could realize it.

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