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Sound is a mechanical wave, so it can't travel in vacuum. Sound speed will be higher

when the molecules of the material it is traveling are closer to each other, this means

that it travels the fastest in solids, medium speed in liquids and slower in gases.

In vacuum, the speed of sound is zero. Sound doesn't propagate through vacuum.

Shout as loud as you want to, and the sound goes nowhere if there's no medium to

carry it. Two astronauts standing next to each other on the surface of the moon

can communicate only by radio, or by touching their helmets together.

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