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Why is space completely silent?
In space, no one can hear you scream. This is because there is no air in space – it is a vacuum. Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum. Space is usually regarded as being completely empty.
Can sound waves be heard in space?
The Physics of Sound Sound travels through the air as waves. There’s no “medium” in the vacuum of space itself that transmits sound waves. There is a chance that sound waves can move through and compress clouds of gas and dust, but we wouldn’t be able to hear that sound.
What can sound not travel through?
vacuum
Sound is a mechanical wave and cannot travel through a vacuum. Light is an electromagnetic wave and can travel through the vacuum of outer space.
Can you burp fart in space?
That can’t happen in space. Without gravity to separate them, “the air, food and liquids in your stomach are all floating together like chunky bubbles. The official verdict on gas in space: No burps, more farts, and no, you can’t use your flatulence to propel you around the shuttle. Trust Hadfield—he’s tried.
What’s the loudest sound in the universe?
The Krakatoa volcanic eruption: Not only did it cause serious damage to the island, the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 created the loudest sound ever reported at 180 dB.
How are sound and light waves similar and different?
Light and sound are both waves. The propagation, or distribution of sound, is actually very similar to light, just a whole lot slower. The waves of sound or light both reflect, refract, and attenuate depending on their environment.
Can vibrations travel through space?
Sound does not travel at all in space. The vacuum of outer space has essentially zero air. Because sound is just vibrating air, space has no air to vibrate and therefore no sound.
Why can’t we hear sound waves in space?
Sound Can Travel Through Space After All – But We Can’t Hear It. Therefore, sounds have to have a wide wavelength – which would come across as a low pitch to our ears – in order to make it from one particle to the next out in certain parts of space.
How does sound travel through the air?
Our voice is produced by the vibration of strings known as the vocal cords which is inside Adam’s apple. When you make a sound, its vibration travels through the air, and when it reaches your brain through your ears, it is interpreted as sound. In this case propagation of sound takes place through the air medium.
What is the difference between sound and light in physics?
Vibration as Sound and Light What’s most interesting is that, if a frequency is vibrating fast enough, it’s emitted as a Sound and if it is vibrating much faster, it is emitted as a colour of Light. If we wanted to convert Sound to Light, we would simply raise its frequency by forty octaves.
Why can’t we listen to sound waves from other planets?
The interstellar gas and dust left behind by old stars and sometimes used to create new ones does have the potential to carry sound waves – we just aren’t able to listen to them. The particles are so spread out, and the resulting sound waves are of such a low frequency, that they’re beyond the capabilities of human hearing.