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Electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio waves, can travel through empty space because they do not require a medium to propagate. This is due to their self-sustaining electric and magnetic fields that enable them to travel through the vacuum of space.

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Why an electromagnetic wave can travel through empty space?

Because space is not empty, it has a Quantum Ether.


Why does an electromagnetic wave in space never slow down?

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A wave that can travel through empty space or through matter?

An electromagnetic wave can travel through empty space or through matter. Examples include light, radio waves, and X-rays. These waves do not require a medium for propagation.


An example of a wave that can travel through empty space?

radio heat light infrared green ultraviolet x-ray gamma ray gravity waves


How an electromagnetic wave can travel throught space that contains no matter?

The wave is a disturbance in the electric and magnetic field in space. These fields exist even in empty space.


What kind of wave is able to travel through both matter and empty space?

Electromagnetic waves, such as light, can travel through both matter and empty space. This is because electromagnetic waves do not require a medium to propagate, unlike mechanical waves such as sound waves which rely on a medium such as air or water.


What is an example of a wave that can travel through empty spaces?

Light waves can travel through empty spaces. Any type of electromagnetic waves, from below ELF (<< 3 Hz) up through gamma rays (> 30 EHz) can travel through empty space. Visible light is just the one band from 430 THz to 790 THz. The only type of waves that can travel through empty space are electromagnetic waves.


Light is one type of wave that can travel through empty space to transfer?

yes, electomagnetic


A wave that can travel through empty space is?

You could have Gamma, ultra violate, infrared and radio


A wave that travels trough empty space or matter?

Electromagnetic waves, such as light, can travel through empty space as they do not require a medium to propagate. They consist of oscillating electric and magnetic fields that carry energy from one place to another. Sound waves, on the other hand, require a medium (such as air, water, or solids) to travel through.


A wave that can travel through empty space?

Electromagnetic radiation, such as light, infra-red, UV, X rays.


What state of matter travels through waves?

It depends. Is it a mechanical wave or a electromagnetic wave? Mechanical waves (for example sound waves) travel trough every state of matter and they can't exist without matter. They don't travel through vacuum. Electromagnetic waves travel trough space and get interrupted only by other electromagnetic waves.