An electromagnetic wave is a oscillation through 2 fields, electrical and magnetic fields of the space the wave is travelling through. These oscillations are at right angles to each other. Electromagnetic waves are carried by miniscule particles of energy called photons, Light itself is one of the forms of electromagnetic waves and all EM waves travel at the speed of light 3x10^8 ms or 300 000 000 metres per second. Photons have 0 mass. Nothing with mass can truly have a higher velocity then the speed of light or EM radiation. As they are carried by photons they need no medium to travel through and can therefore travel through space/a vacuum.
Radiation
the transfer of heat through empty space is called RADIATION.
Electromagnetic energy can propogate through a vacuum, so energy transfer can occur in the form of light, heat, x rays, gamma rays, gamma rays etc.
There are three mechanisms by which thermal energy (heat) is transferred through space: conduction, convection, and radiation.1Radiation is the transfer of heat energy through empty space. All objects with a temperature above absolute zero radiate energy at a rate equal to their emissivity multiplied by the rate at which energy would radiate from them if they were a black body. No medium is necessary for radiation to occur; radiation works even in and through a perfect vacuum. The energy from the Sun travels through the vacuum of space before warming the earth. Also, the only way that energy can leave earth is by being radiated to space.The transfer of thermal energy through space is called Radiation
kinetic energy
No, mechanical waves require a medium, such as air or water, to transfer energy. Without a medium to propagate through, mechanical waves cannot transfer energy through empty space. Electromagnetic waves, however, can transfer energy through empty space.
The transfer of heat through the emptiness of space is called radiation. This energy transfer occurs in the form of electromagnetic waves, such as visible light or infrared radiation, traveling through a vacuum without the need for a medium.
Radiation
The transfer of heat energy through empty space is called radiation.
Radiation.
Radiation.
Conduction
Radiation.
Some waves can transfer energy only through liquids and solids, but not through gases or vacuum. Some waves, like sound waves, can transfer energy through gases, liquids and solids but not through vacuum. And some waves, notably electromagnetic waves, can transfer energy through vacuum as well as matter.
Radiation is the only method of energy transfer that can transfer energy like heat through space.
The term is "wave." Waves can transfer energy through a medium (such as water or air) or through empty space (such as light waves).
electromagnetic waves