answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Because they are waves that do not require a medium through which to propagate. Space is a vacuum with no medium. For instance, sound waves need air through which to travel.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why is em radiation the only energy that can travel through space?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What form does energy travel through space?

Radiation energy


What is the energy that can travel through empty space or through matter?

radiation


What is radiation in heat terms?

Radiation is when no atoms or molecules are involved in the transfer of heat or energy. This is when energy can travel through empty space . Ex:sun heats earth through space;radiation.


Which is a bundle of energy that can travel through empty space?

Electromagnetic waves or radiation


Which is the transfer of energy as waves moving through space?

Radiation


What is the correct capitalization for the following sentence Radiation is a kind of thermal energy that can travel through Space?

Radiation is a kind of thermal energy that can travel through space. The only word properly capitalized is 'Radiation' because it is the first word in the sentence. The noun 'space' is a common noun and should not be capitalized.


What is a form of energy that moves in waves and can travel through space is called?

It is electromagnetic radiation.


Can radiation travel though space?

All types of radiation can travel through space.


What is energy that can be transferred through empty space?

heat or light radiation can travel through a 100% vacuum


Example of electromagnetic radiation?

Light is an example of electromagnetic radiation. EM radiation unlike other waves of energy doesn't need a medium to travel through hence why light energy can travel from the sun to the earth through the vacuum of space.


how does the energy from space the sun travel through space to the earth?

Radiation is the transfer of heat energy through space by electromagnetic radiation. Most of the electromagnetic radiation that comes to the earth from the sun is invisible. ... In electromagnetic radiation, its frequency is the number of electromagnetic waves moving past a point each second.


Which of these can radiation travel through?

conductors According to the A+ cirriculum it' actually space. Radiation can travel through a space. Jesus loves you!:)