Question

The light radiated from the Sun's surface reaches Earth in about 8 minutes, but the energy of that light was released by fusion in the solar core about The light radiated from the Sun's surface reaches Earth in about 8 minutes, but the energy of that light was released by fusion in the solar core about hundreds of thousands of years ago. a million years ago. a hundred years ago. tens of thousands of years ago. a thousand years ago.

Answer 1

Answer: tens of thousands of years ago.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Sun makes energy by nuclear fusion which is a process by which hydrogen atoms are fused to form helium atoms.

It does this in the core and the process releases a lot of energy that takes quite a long time to get to the surface from said core.

Scientists say that the energy takes between 10,000 and 170,000 years for the energy to escape the core to the surface where it is then radiated to Earth as light.