It depends on where Earth and Mars are in their orbits. Since Mars takes longer to orbit the sun than Earth does the distance between the two planets varies considerably. When Earth and Mars are closest a beam of light will take about 4 minutes to reach Mars from Earth. When they are farthest (on opposite sides of the sun) a bean of light would take about 12 minutes.
Close to 100%, if you wait long enough.
Too long
There are no known asteroids the size of Texas that have even the slightest chance of hitting Earth. The only known Texas-sized asteroid is Ceres, which has a stable orbit in the asteroid belt and could never hit Earth.
It is possible for comets and asteroids to hit Earth, but they are extremely rare events.
The rays from the sun take 8 minutes to hit the earth
They do it all the time.
Rock around the Clock and See you later, alligator
It varies, but the last shuttle mission hit orbit about 12 minutes after launch.
8 minutes
A long time...
It takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for sunlight to travel from the Sun to Earth. This light speed is about 299,792 kilometers per second.
Approx. 8/9 mins.
It depends on where Earth and Mars are in their orbits. Since Mars takes longer to orbit the sun than Earth does the distance between the two planets varies considerably. When Earth and Mars are closest a beam of light will take about 4 minutes to reach Mars from Earth. When they are farthest (on opposite sides of the sun) a bean of light would take about 12 minutes.
Close to 100%, if you wait long enough.
a meteor witch killed all the dinosaurs
Too long