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Old 12-04-11, 12:44 AM   #15
TLAM Strike
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Ok, I have to be the real smartass now. It only takes light 8 minutes to go from the SURFACE of the sun to go to the earth. However, from photon creation in the core of the sun, to the the surface of the sun it is supposed to take hundred thousands of years before it get's there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core

However Neutrinos travel the distance in 8 minutes. They do not go bouncing around in the sun's core before finding an exit.

So if you ever detect a sharp decrease in Neutrinos from the sun its time to pack up and leave: you only got a few hundred thousand years before the sun goes Red Giant on you.
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