Light supposedly takes 8 minutes to reach earth, how is this possible in the vacuum of space?

Question: Light supposedly takes 8 minutes to reach earth, how is this possible in the vacuum of space?
- Keywords:
  earth,
  light,
  space,
  vacuum
Asked by mijeffs to Gill on 19 Mar 2012.
- Gill Menzies answered on 19 Mar 2012:
  
  Light travels in photons which have wave and particle characteristics so they do not need a medium to travel through. That means they can travel through the vacuum of space unaffected until they bunp into matter – gas, solid, liquid …..
  
  Helpful ? 🙂

Question: Light supposedly takes 8 minutes to reach earth, how is this possible in the vacuum of space?