Why can light travel through space but sound cannot?

Answer 1

sound is produced by vibration, i.e. when any thing start vibration then it produces sound. for example when a tunnig fork is hit on rubber pad its prongs starts vibration with difinit frequency ad hence produce sound. similarly when the strings of a gittar is dirturbed its starts vibration and hence produces sound. sound required a material medium for their journey, sound can not pass through vaccume because sound waves are mechanical waves.

Answer 2

Sound waves are unable to travel through vacuums. Sound is nothing more than a distruption of air waves that causes vibrations. Since a vacuum has a complete absence of air, sound will not travel throughout.

Answer 3

because sound is the vibration of air molecules. since there is no atmosphere in space, no air exists, and so not sound can travel through it.

light on the other hand is tiny particles called photons. these 2 not rely on the presence of air to travel from 1 point 2 another

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Answer 4

Sound can travel through matter (in all its states) but it can not travel where there is no matter (ie in a vacuum).

Answer 5

In a vacuum. Light can travel through outer space (Moon to Earth), but sound cannot because sound requires air to transmit the vibrations that we recognize as sounds.

Answer 6

Light and sound are forms of radiation and travel in waves.

Answer 7

This is because sound works through vibrations in the air so when there's no air, no sound, Light does not need this.

Answer 8

Sound cannot travel through nothing. There must be something

in order to support its propagation.