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The light takes about 640 years to reach Earth, as Betelgeuse (a red supergiant star) is about 640 light years from Earth.

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How long does it take light to reach earth from Betelgeuse?

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star about 640 light-years from Earth. So light from Betelgeuse takes 640 years to get here. Here's an interesting fact; the star Betelgeuse is probably near the end of its life, and may explode in a supernova explosion any time. Very massive stars like Betelgeuse live fast and die in under 100 million years, and Betelgeuse will probably go supernova within the next 10,000 years. This is like no time at all in cosmic terms, but in terms of a HUMAN lifetime, it probably will NOT happen while we're alive to see it. But it could. In fact, Betelgeuse might have exploded 500 years ago, and we wouldn't know it for another 140 years!


How does it take for light to reach earth?

If you mean light from the Sun, then it takes eight minutes for the light to reach the Earth.


Does most of suns energy reach earth in light energy?

it does reach the earth in light energy.


How does sunlight reach earth?

the light speed are very fast so light easily reach on earth


How long it takes the suns light to reach earth?

It takes approximately 8 minutes for the Sun's light to reach Earth.


Could Betelgeuse already blown up?

It's possible, yes. Betelgeuse is a red giant star that is going through the last stages of life, as viewed from earth. The light from the star takes several hundred years to reach us though, so it's possible that the star has already come to the end of it's life in that time. When it comes to the end of it's life it will explode in a supernova explosion. We should be able to see this from earth, the explosion would be so bright that we could see it during the day.


How long will it take to fly around the star Betelgeuse?

Betelgeuse is approximately 642 light-years away from Earth, and its diameter is about 1,000 times that of our Sun. If we assume a hypothetical spacecraft could travel at the speed of light, it would take about 642 years to reach Betelgeuse. However, if we consider the size of the star itself, circumnavigating it would take significantly longer, depending on the spacecraft's speed. Overall, the journey is currently beyond our technological capabilities and would take many lifetimes to complete.


How long does it take for light from the sun to reach the Earth?

It takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for light from the sun to reach the Earth.


What is the length of time it takes for light from stars to reach the earth?

Light travels at (approximately) 300,000 kilometers per second or 186,000 miles per second. The time it takes starlight to reach Earth depends entirely on the distance. The nearest Star (other than the Sun) is the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, at a distance of 4.2 light-years, where one light-year is the distance that light travels in one year. The red giant star Betelgeuse, the red star at the shoulder of the constellation Orion, is about 800 light-years away. The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across.


Does the light of the sun beetlejuice travel faster than earth's sun?

Well, the answer to the question that you asked is yes. Any light will travel faster than the sun travels.But if the question that you meant to ask is "Does the light of the star Betelgeuse travel faster than The Sun's light?" then no.All light travels at the same speed in a vacuum. (about 3*108 m/s) The sun's light takes about 8 minutes to reach us, so when you see the sun, you are actually seeing how it was 8 minutes ago. When you see the star Betelgeuse, you see it how it was 641.8 years ago, because it is 641.8 light years away.


How does the light from the moon reach the earth?

The moon does not emit light, rather it reflects it. The light from the sun shines on the moon, and it is reflected to earth.


How long will it take the get the suns heat to earth?

It will take 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach Earth. The actual heat of the sun does not reach all the way out to Earth. The warmth on Earth comes from the conversion of light energy to heat energy.