How does radiation transfer thermal energy from the sun to earth?

If you have stood in front of a fireplace or near a campfire, you have felt the heat transfer known as radiation. The side of your body nearest the fire warms, while your other side remains unaffected by the heat. Although you are surrounded by air, the air has nothing to do with this transfer of heat. Heat lamps, that keep food warm, work in the same way. Radiation is the transfer of heat energy through space by electromagnetic radiation.

Radiation transfers thermal energy from the Sun to Earth by electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy with or without matter.

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