Between the earth and the sun there is no air (its a vacuum). Sound cannot travel across a vacuum. Light can.
For the same reason you see lightning before you hear thunder, Light travels faster than sound.
It is rays of light
Light is faster than sound.
You see lightning before you hear it because light moves faster than sound. Thunder comes from the lightning. You can't hear it until the sound waves reach you.
To the best of our knowledge - no.
By allowing us to see and hear.
See it- speed of light, then hear it- speed of sound is MUCH slower.
you may not hear it but at least you can see the light.
You FIRST see it, then you HEAR it. The time delay depends on your distance from the source of the explosion. The explanation, light travels faster than sound.
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You don't see thunder. You hear thunder. You hear thunder after seeing the lightning because light travels faster than sound. The further the storm away is, the bigger the time between when you see the lightning and hear the thunder.
Sound moves much slower than light, so you hear the boom of thunder after the flash.