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No. It is a definition of a wave that it is a transfer of energy without a transfer of matter. (At least, this is the classical answer; in relativity there isn't really a distinction between matter and energy.)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoYes. It's a wave. By definition a wave is an emergent phenomenon which arises from a disturbance in an underlying medium.
By analogy, how can you have a wave without water?
For any harrumphing Einsteinian Relativists out there, I believe old Albert's main contribution to 20th Century physics was to restate Lorentzian Relativity to accommodate the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment.
Alas, it would appear that the results of that experiment were misunderstood and Lorentz is gaining in the final furlong...
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∙ 14y agoSound waves need a medium to travel in. You cannot hear anything in space because space is a vacuum.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Space might as well be nothing, because it is, and light can still reach us through a huge vacuum. Light doesn't need a medium to travel so it could travel without matter
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∙ 13y agoLight dose not need matter to travel
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Does light need a substance to travel through?
No. It is radiation, not vibration. As electromagnetic energy, it can travel through a vacuum, and only through transparent or translucent material.
Who can we say light does not need to travel in medium?
how can we say light does not need light to travel
A material that light can travel through is?
Glass
When light cannot travel through a material the light has been?
The light has been reflected.
A material that light cannot travel through?
anything opaque
What can light travel in?
Light can travel in a vacuum or in any transparent material
How does how does light travel through opaque material?
it cant travel through light.
What is a material through which light waves can travel?
Light can travel through transparent and translucent glass.
What material does visible light not travel through?
An opaqe object. NO light can travel through it at all.
Who can we say light does not need to travel in medium?
how can we say light does not need light to travel
Does light need a substance to travel through?
No. It is radiation, not vibration. As electromagnetic energy, it can travel through a vacuum, and only through transparent or translucent material.
A material that light can travel through is?
Glass
When light cannot travel through a material the light has been?
The light has been reflected.
Does the wave nature of light states that light needs a medium through which to travel in different waves?
Light been found as electromagnetic wave does not need any material medium to get propagated. Even in free space (vacuum) it is able to travel.
What type of material can travel through space?
Sound and Light can travel through space.
What do you need to travel at the speed of light?
There is no way to travel at the speed of light.
What must a material be in order for light to travel through it?
transparent
