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Yes! If it couldn't, we would not be able to see the Sun, or any other star. For that matter, life on Earth would not exist if it didn't travel through a vacuum.
A very interesting aspect of the question: This question led many serious scientists to speculate that there must be an as yet undetected "ether", or substance, filling every bit of space, and it is through this "ether" that light waves move. Some very famous experiments by Michaelson and Morley determined the answer.
Light is the visible spectrum of electromagnetic energy, and it has some properties that are like "waves", thus the question about vacuums, and some properties suggesting light is a "particle". I guess the answer is that it is both, and neither. electromagnetic radiation is its own amazing thing.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes, light travels in a vacuum, and that is what we use as the constant, 3x108ms-1
but sound can't, because sound produces waves and pushes the particles in the air. If there are no particles in the air like in a vacuum, then no sound can travel through.
Yes light can travel through vacuum. It s because light waves consists of magnetic field which is perpendicular to electric field which results in creation of potential difference between two points and light wave propagates.
In this way light doesn't needs any medium to propagate.
I'm not a scientist, but yes it can travel through a vacuum.
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Even if you were a scientist, it would do that for you.
With our eyes, here on Earth, we see the sun, the moon, and the stars. The way
that happens is: The light from each of them crosses vast distances on its way to
our eyes, through space, which is vacuum.
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∙ 12y agoYes. Refer to stars - space is a vaccuum (though not a perfect vaccuum) and because light can travel through a vaccuum, we have day and night here on Earth. We can even see light from other stars light years away.
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∙ 15y agoLight does travel in a vacuum. It doesn't really need a medium in order to be transferred from one place to another. Space is actually a vacuum, and the only way that the sun's energy can travel to us is in the form of light, because vacuums cannot conduct heat! Light actually travels the fastest in a vacuum as there is nothing to slow it down. This is the true speed of light, and it actually travelles slower in things such as air and water. The denser the medium, the slower it travels. Hence the refraction observed when light is travelling from a lighter medium to a denser one.
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∙ 13y agoOf course, otherwise we would receive no light from the sun
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∙ 13y agoYes. Light travels best in a vacuum, where there is no matter to interfere with its movement by absorption, reflection, or refraction.
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∙ 11y agoyes
the space between sun and earth is a vacuum
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∙ 9y agoYes it does.
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Why the light is not matter?
Light is not gas, liquid, solid or plasma. It also can pass through a vacuum and a clear solid. answer2: A rocket can pass through a vacuum and a bullet can pass through a clear solid. Light is like a little,little bullet of matter. Light is energy and energy is mc2 and m is the matter.
What waves can pass through a vacuum?
Electromagnetic weaves can pass through a vacuum.
Can electromagnetic waves travel through matter through a vacuum?
Electromagnetic waves such as light can pass through material medium such as water, glass etc and at the same time it could pass through vacuum ie a medium of free space.
What medium does light pass through?
Light passes through many mediums, but some of the most important are: Water Glass Air & Vacuum And light passes through vacuums the fastest.
Why do light waves require a medium in which to travel?
Light waves do not require a medium through which to travel. They will travel (propagate) perfectly well in a vacuum. Otherwise, light would not pass through the vacuum of space. It would be very dark here on earth as the light from the sun, moon and stars could not reach Earth through the vacuum of space.
Does light pass through a vacuum?
Light acts as a particle.
What is clear and all light can pass through it?
vacuum
What is the Medium through which light and magnetism pass through in space?
A vacuum
Does light or heat pass through a vacuum?
maybe i think so
Why the light is not matter?
Light is not gas, liquid, solid or plasma. It also can pass through a vacuum and a clear solid. answer2: A rocket can pass through a vacuum and a bullet can pass through a clear solid. Light is like a little,little bullet of matter. Light is energy and energy is mc2 and m is the matter.
What waves can pass through a vacuum?
Electromagnetic weaves can pass through a vacuum.
Relationship of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a medium where it will pass through?
Refractive index is the ratio of speeds.
Can electromagnetic waves travel through matter through a vacuum?
Electromagnetic waves such as light can pass through material medium such as water, glass etc and at the same time it could pass through vacuum ie a medium of free space.
What medium does light pass through?
Light passes through many mediums, but some of the most important are: Water Glass Air & Vacuum And light passes through vacuums the fastest.
What is in a vacuum?
In space both dark matter and dark energy are believed to be in the vacuum. The general answer is nothing-but light rays can pass invisibly through it.
Why doesn't light travel through a vacuum?
Light does travel through a vacuum.
Why do light waves require a medium in which to travel?
Light waves do not require a medium through which to travel. They will travel (propagate) perfectly well in a vacuum. Otherwise, light would not pass through the vacuum of space. It would be very dark here on earth as the light from the sun, moon and stars could not reach Earth through the vacuum of space.
