Stars are light years away
2006-12-20 09:48:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
the idea of a photon as a "wave" creates a bit of a problem, because other waves of our aquantaince require a medium, air for sound, ocean for breakers.
a photon is one or more infinitesimally small objects, orbiting in perfect circles through 11 dimensions.
in the space dimensions, it makes a corkscrew path, if you could see a photon head on, it would look like a circle, but seen from the side, a corkscrew (helix) looks like a sine wave.
so, back to your question, photons are not really waves, thay are thingies. So no medium is necessary.
This is not a silly question, for many year scientists insisted there had to be some medium for the transmission of radio waves. They even had a name for it, the Eather or suchlike.
2006-12-20 10:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by disco legend zeke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radio waves are electromagnetic radiation and travel through a vacuum, or space(almost a vacuum) at the speed of light.
2006-12-20 17:52:12 · answer #2 · answered by nckobra40 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
different frequency lets them travel diff distances
2006-12-20 17:51:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋