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If you were drifting in outer space would you hear a nearby explosion?
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∙ 9y ago
Sound is the vibration of matter and since there is no matter in space it can't transmit the vibrations.
However, if hypothetically the sound could travel through space it would reach earth in 137,000 hours, unfortunately, the light of the explosion would reach earth in about 8.5 min that is not applying Newton's law of instantaneous forces, which says that the earth would instantly be released from orbit before anything at all reached earth and this release from orbit would delay the time the light reached earth. then the actual explosion (explosive energy and matter) would reach earth in about 22 hours. so all life would be dead and the planet will have been vaporized 15 years before any "sound" reached earth.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoIf i bright loud explosion occured in space it wouldn't be heard due to the vacuum of space. And a sound wave requires a medium(stuff) to travel through. However the light would be seen as light doesn't need a medium to travel through. This can be proven by the fact we have observed HUGE explosions in space (stars turning into red giants or going super nova which means explosion) We see the light but we will not hear the explosion.
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