To travel to us from outer space, the wave must be able to travel through regions of space which are essentially vacuum (nothing there). Sound cannot do this, as it requires a medium to propagate in, so we would not be able to hear the explosion.
Can you create sound in space?
It’s long been said that there’s no sound in space, and that’s true, to a point. Conventional sound requires a medium to travel through, and is created when particles compress-and-rarify, making anything from a loud “bang” for a single pulse to a consistent tone for repeating patterns.
Does space have a smell?
As it turns out, several of the astronauts that have gone space-walking have reported a distinct odor at exactly this moment. Folks have said space smells like hot metal and seared meats.
Do stars make sound?
In the case of a star the sound is made naturally in the very outermost layers of stars like the sun by turbulence and that sound is trapped and it makes the star resonate. Now we can’t of course hear the stars resonating.
How many dead bodies are in space?
As of 2020, there have been 15 astronaut and 4 cosmonaut fatalities during spaceflight. Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire which killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non-astronaut fatalities during spaceflight-related activities.
Do exploding stars make sound?
Sound itself can only be transmitted through a medium and so in space we cannot hear a supernova. However since a supernova is a giant explosion triggered by the final death throes of a massive star, if we could hear it, we would hear an incredibly loud blast.
Do stars sing?
The stars in the night sky sing too! The movement inside a star makes them vibrate like a musical instrument and so make sounds.
Why there is no sound in space?
There is no sound in space because there are no molecules there to transmit the sound waves. Electromagnetic waves are unlike sound waves because they do not need molecules to travel. This means that electromagnetic waves can travel through air and solid materials – but they can also travel through empty space.
Why is there no sound in outer space?
The vacuum of outer space has essentially zero air. Because sound is just vibrating air, space has no air to vibrate and therefore no sound. If you are sitting in a space ship and another space ship explodes, you would hear nothing. Exploding bombs, crashing asteroids, supernovas, and burning planets would similarly be silent in space.
Why is there no sound in the vacuum of space?
There are no sound in the vacuum space because it’s have no oxygen in space for sound to vibrate and travel, so you can’t hear any sound in the vacuum space. 0.0.
Why can’t sound waves travel through space?
‘The reason sound can’t travel through a vacuum is that sound needs a medium (solid, liquid or gas with real vibrating molecules) and not because it is a longitudinal wave’ How does this make sense as there are particles in space which can vibrate.
