why does the heat from the core of the sun takes more than a 1000 years to reach its surface but the heat from the sun to our planet only takes about 8 minutes.

Question

I’m unsure if the 1000 years time is true or not, I just saw a poster of it at an elementary school.

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Answer 1

Think about it a bit like resistance. The sun gets denser as you travel to the core. The denser it gets, the more the particles bounce around. As they bounce around, it impedes their ability to travel to the surface.

In space there is no resistance, so they are free to travel.