If so....how big should it be for us to hear it (suposing that mars & earth are in the closest orbit)
2007-01-17 14:50:58 · 12 answers · asked by howlme 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If so....how big should it be for us to hear it ?(suposing that mars & earth are in the closest orbit) .
....Space is a relative vacum....then, How can some scientist claim that the big bang echo can still be heared? (In a low B flat frecuency).
2007-01-17 15:19:44 · update #1
When scientists talk about the big bang still being heard, they mean that the background radiation in the sky has a characteristic frequency that can be picked up by radio telescopes.
They don't mean that you can go outside at night and actually hear it.
Sound as humans detect it can only be heard by us if there is a medium such as air or water or other dense matter for the sound to travel through.
There is not enough matter in space to propogate sound as we hear it.
2007-01-17 15:32:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we can't even hear nuclear explosions on our own planet if we are far enough away. Even if it was the loudest nuke ever, sound needs a medium (air, water, or something) to travel through and since there is no air in space, there is no sound in space, so any sound made on mars can't be heard here on earth no matter what it is.
2007-01-18 01:28:07 · answer #2 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it would not be possible for us to hear it because sound waves travel through a medium. Something like air or water. Since space is a relative vacuum there are no particles for sound to travel through. Although we would probably be able to see it through high powered telescopes.
P.S Light is the only wave/particle capable of traveling through a vacuum. No other "wave" can.
2007-01-17 22:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Sound doesn't travel through the vacuum of space. Besides, you wouldn't even hear one a thousand miles away on the Earth.
2007-01-17 22:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have to be such a large explosion that it would completely destoy mars and send itsy pieces into orbit. I heard that the west side of mars is all red and rocks, but the east side looks like cancun!!
2007-01-17 22:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To reiterate what everyone said about sound travelling through space, look at it this way: The sun is one very very very big nuclear bomb constantly exploding: You see and feel it's light but you won't hear it.
2007-01-17 23:18:33 · answer #6 · answered by janikdotcom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, sound does not travel through space
2007-01-17 22:54:48 · answer #7 · answered by October 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All we would hear would be the pi**ing and bi*ching from people who claimed we polluted a pristine planet.
2007-01-17 22:59:46 · answer #8 · answered by Evita Rodham Clinton 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. You might be able to detect it visually.
2007-01-18 00:15:40 · answer #9 · answered by marchhare57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hear it, no; detect it, maybe
2007-01-17 22:59:01 · answer #10 · answered by Daremo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋