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Yes! Sound has to have a medium such as air to travel. That's why there is no sound in space. So, if you stood on the surface of the earth and yelled very loudly straight up, the sound would stop after about 300 miles, because our atmosphere is only 300 miles thick. When the air runs out, the sound stops. BUT, if you shine a very bright light straight up, the light could go much, much further, because light CAN travel through the vacuum of space. That's how we can see stars that are trillions of miles away, because of the light they shine in our direction.

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