The correct answer is option 2: 8 minutes. The light from the Sun takes approximately 8 minutes to reach the Earth. This is because the distance between the Sun and the Earth is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers), and light travels at a speed of about 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second). When we divide the distance by the speed of light, we find that it takes about 8 minutes for the sunlight to reach us. This means that when we look at the Sun, we are actually seeing it as it appeared 8 minutes ago. So, the light we see right now from the Sun left the Sun 8 minutes ago and has been traveling through space before reaching our eyes.