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Sound consists of pressure waves in air. In space, there is no air, so there can be no waves.

In space, there is virtually no matter at all, so when we use the term space, we are generally referring to "empty" space and not the region near the planets or suns or other large objects where there may indeed be some kind of gas that can support sound waves.

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