Why is there no sound in space?

nav_1992 · #1 Apr 28, 2008, 04:22 PM

i was just wondering cuz others say there is and others say there isnt im totaly counfused....??????????

Stratmando · Apr 28, 2008, 04:45 PM

Their is probably occational explosions, I don't think we can hear through our atomsphere. But may? travel far without an atomsphere, I don't know, but curious.

Scleros · Apr 28, 2008, 09:08 PM

Sound is a vibration transmitted through some medium - water, air, etc. Space is nearly a vacuum, hence no medium for transmission. If you could build a big enough and sensitive enough "ear", you might hear something.

lalla1995 · Jun 10, 2008, 04:37 AM

Because in space there is no vaccume. This is because of vaccume only we will say.

WVHiflyer · Jun 14, 2008, 12:26 PM

Scleros is correct - no molecules close enough together to vibrate, thereby creating sound.

[On of my fav cartoons is guy in lab coat (scientist) in movie theater shouting "There is no sound in space!"]

And do you know why there's a vacuum in outer space? Cuz the whole world sucks. Just kidding......<G>



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