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I watched a documentary where it's said that light coming from the core of the sun takes thousend of years to reach the surface of the sun. Why is this so?
why this delay? since energy travels along with the lightThey are actually talking about the energy carried by the light, rather than the light itself
The light gets absorbed, re emitted, and scattered a bazillion times. Each time in a random direction. The original light doesn’t travel very far at all.why this delay? since energy travels along with the light
The light emitted from the core never gets to the surface. It is absorbed almost immediatelyotherwise I would expect the light emitted from the core to take a long time to get to the surface.
I watched a documentary where it's said that light coming from the core of the sun takes thousend of years to reach the surface of the sun. Why is this so?