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Sound waves require something to travel through like air or water. The waves travel through this substance and into your ear, vibrating the eardrum. In the vacuum of space, there simply isn't enough of anything for the sound waves to travel through.

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Why you cannot hear the sound of explosion produce in the sun?

Sound waves cannot travel through space because space is a vacuum, meaning there is no medium (like air or water) for sound waves to travel through. Since the Sun is in space, the sound of an explosion produced by the Sun cannot be heard on Earth.


How does the medium affect the speed of a sound wave?

medium really affect the speed of sound the big example in front of us is sun as there are a lot of explosions on the surface of sun because of nuclear reactions but we cant hear them because there is a vaccum between earth and sun.


Why do you not hear explosive sounds produced in the sun?

Sound needs matter to propagate. There's not much matter between us and the sun. Even if there were matter enough, the sound wave is not unidirectional and spreads out. A lot of spreading can be achieved in a distance that takes light 8 minutes to traverse. +++ Indeed, it would spread spherically. It's worth pointing out that although sound cannot reach us from the Sun, the electromagnetic radiation (heat, light, etc) that does reach us is subject to the same inverse-square spreading rule, rather neatly because despite the Sun's size, it is far enough away from us and anything else of significant obstruction to be treated as a spherical source in an infinite volume.


Why cant you hear explosions on the sun?

Because sound needs a material medium to travel through, and there's no material between us and the sun. We can understand how important it is to have air or something for sound to travel through when we see videos of Apollo astronauts on the moon, where there's no air. They may be only a few feet apart, but still they can only communicate by radio. Without air, sound doesn't work at all.


Why sound of explosion are not heard by us which occur on sun?

The sound of explosions on the Sun cannot be heard on Earth because sound waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space. While there may be powerful explosions such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections on the Sun, the sound waves generated by these events are not transmitted to our planet due to the lack of a medium to propagate through.

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Why you cannot hear the sound of explosion produce in the sun?

Sound waves cannot travel through space because space is a vacuum, meaning there is no medium (like air or water) for sound waves to travel through. Since the Sun is in space, the sound of an explosion produced by the Sun cannot be heard on Earth.


Why can't we hear nuclear explosions from the sun?

We can't hear nuclear explosions from the sun because sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space. Sound waves require a medium, like air or water, to propagate, but space is mostly empty. Additionally, the sun's explosions release energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation, mainly light and heat, rather than sound waves.


Why cant you hear the sun here on earth?

Sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space, so we cannot hear the sound waves produced by the sun. Additionally, the sun is too far away from Earth for any sound it produces to reach us due to the vast distances involved.


What would the sun sound like if you could hear it?

A big explosion that never stops.


Why can nuclear explosions on the sun not be heard on earth?

Sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space, so we cannot hear nuclear explosions on the sun from Earth. Sound requires a medium to travel through, like air, and space is empty. Additionally, the sun's explosions produce vibrations in the form of electromagnetic waves, which we can detect but not hear as sound.


What will be the effect if the sun suddenly explode?

If the Sun were to explode billions of years from now, it would wipe out the entire Solar System, planets and all. The Sun may never explode, however, due to its size.


Why we cannot hear the explosions in the sun?

We cannot hear explosions on the Sun because sound requires a medium, like air, to travel through, and space is a vacuum with no air. Additionally, the explosions on the Sun, such as solar flares, release energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation, which does not produce sound waves. Even if we were closer to the Sun, the intense heat and lack of a suitable medium would still prevent sound from reaching us.


Why does a bottle of soft drink left lying in the sun explode?

It does not explode. The only reason why it might "explode" is because in the sun it would heat up and the particles would move faster causing the soda to "explode."


Why can we see light from the sunbut not hear the explosions from the sun?

Between the earth and the sun there is no air (its a vacuum). Sound cannot travel across a vacuum. Light can.


If the sun is so loud why can't we hear it?

The sun doesn't make sound in the way we typically think of it, as sound requires a medium like air to propagate, and space is mostly a vacuum. The "sound" of the sun is actually the result of vibrations in the sun's atmosphere, which are detected by specialized instruments but not by human ears on Earth.


What if there was sound in space, how loud would it be?

As loud as sound would be normally.


Will the sun will explode in fifteen minutes?

No.