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The answer is nothing, also commonly and incorrectly known as a vacuum
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Does light need a medium through which to travel?
No, it does not. It can travel through any open space. Sound, unlike light, needs a medium to travel. So light can travel through outer space but sound cannot because there is no medium.
Why is visible light considered to be radiant energy and can travel through empty space but sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum?
Well light is an electromagnetic wave and it pushes itself through space ,but sound requires particles to travel through and if there are no particles for it to travel through you have no sound
Light can travel to Earth from a distant star but sound cannot Why is this?
Sound can only travel through air or water, not through a vacuum, it works in stronger waves than light.
Sound cannot travel through what?
As sound is a mechanical wave (unlike light, an electromagnetic wave), it requires a medium in which to travel, therefore, it cannot travel through a vacuum.
Which wave would travel fastest in a vacuum light or sound?
Sound cannot go through vaccum
Can both light and sound travel through glass?
Both light and sound can indeed travel through glass. These are substances in which light and sound often travel through.
What can light travel through that sound cant travel through?
light can travel through a vacuum whereas sound cant
Sound waves cannot travel on the?
Sound waves cannot travel through vaccum.
What are differences and similarities of sound and light?
sound can travel in vaccum but light cannot travel in vaccum
Why is it that light can travel to Earth from a distant star but sound cannot?
Sound is a vibration that must travel through some medium such as air or water. Space is a vacuum and so cannot transmit sound. Light is an electromagnetic wave; it is self-propagating.
How fast can sound travel through a vacuum?
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.
Can sound travel easily through a vacuum?
sound cannot travel through a vacum
