Eli5: how old is a photon from the sun when it arrives to the earth?

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So time is relative, speed will altere the “perception” of time… Right?. If you travel at almost C you “age slower”. And photons travel for around 8 minutes before hitting earth.

So… How this combine together? Is 8 minutes for us a lifetime for that photon or the other way around? Is this even applicable to something without mass?

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Zero seconds.

The closer you get to light speed, the slower you perceive time. Once you hit light speed, time stops for you.

A trip to the opposite side of the universe would be an instant to a photon, but billions of years to an outside observer.

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