No never as mechanical energy. It reaches mainly as light and heat
RadiationHeat can't travel through a vacuum, directly, so the sun emits energy as light. The earth receives about a two billionth of the sunlight emitted, but the light is converted to heat and other energy forms.
Light from the sun travels to Earth in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
A simple example is solar energy. The only energy received by the earth from the sun is radiant energy. This heats the air on the earth creating convection currents, or wind. This wind is a mechanical energy.
Energy from the sun travels to Earth by radiation because space is a vacuum and there is no medium for convection or conduction to occur. Radiation is the most efficient way for heat to transfer through the vacuum of space.
The sun emits energy known as electromagnetic radiation, which includes various types of waves such as visible light, ultraviolet rays, and infrared radiation. These waves travel through space and reach the Earth, providing heat and light necessary for life.
Energy from the sun to Earth travels as electromagnetic energy, or light energy.
It is done by radiation.
Convection and conduction require matter to travel through, and there is no matter between Earth and the Sun
Electromagnetic radiation... i.e., light. Electromagnetic Waves A+
The sun gives its energy to the Earth through electromagnetic radiation, primarily in the form of sunlight. Gravity doesn't play a direct role in the transfer of energy from the sun to the Earth. Space may be a vacuum, but light and energy can still travel through it.
RadiationHeat can't travel through a vacuum, directly, so the sun emits energy as light. The earth receives about a two billionth of the sunlight emitted, but the light is converted to heat and other energy forms.
Light from the sun travels to Earth in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
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as electromagnetic radiation
Energy from the sun travels to the earth's surface is brought here by electromagnetic radiation. Once the radiation reaches the planet, most of it is converted to heat.
The energy from the Sun is transferred via electromagnetic waves to the Earth. These e-m waves may travel in a vacuum, and do so essentially at the speed of light.
Light waves travel from sun to the earth.