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    nav_1992 Posts: 11, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 28, 2008, 05:22 PM
    Why is there no sound in space?
    I was just wondering because others say there is and others say there isn't I'm totally counfused..? :confused: :confused: :confused:
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    Apr 28, 2008, 05:45 PM
    There 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.
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    Apr 28, 2008, 10:08 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.
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    Apr 29, 2008, 04:34 AM
    SPACE.com -- Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard

    Here's a sound that was detected from across space :)

    But in general, for sounds that your ear is sensitive to, there is no sound.
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    Jun 10, 2008, 05:37 AM
    Because in space there is no vacuum. This is because of vacuum only we will say.
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    Jun 14, 2008, 01:26 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? Because the whole world sucks. Just kidding... <G>
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