A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE / 0:34

You have never seen the Sun as it is right now.

Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach you, so the Sun you see is 8 minutes old. Jupiter sees it 43 minutes late, Neptune more than 4 hours late.

Planet textures: Solar System Scope (CC BY 4.0), based on NASA data. 3D scenes are illustrative models, with scale noted on screen.