Multiple Choice
The light radiated from the Sun's surface reaches Earth in about 8 minutes. However, the energy of this light was released by fusion in the Sun's core about
A) 8 minutes ago.
B) 11 years ago.
C) several hundred years ago.
D) several thousand years ago.
E) several hundred thousand years ago.
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