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Sound is a pattern of vibrating particles of matter; these particles are necessarily in the form of a solid, liquid, or gas. If there are no particles of matter (in other words, a vacuum) then there will be no pattern of vibrations, since there is nothing to vibrate.

Electromagnetic waves (such as light) are different. They are still generated by vibrating particles (usually electrons) but they do not consist of vibrating particles, but of electromagnetic fields. That is why they, unlike sound, can travel even in a vacuum.

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