Would you hear it?
2007-06-12 05:52:16 · 8 answers · asked by Beer Farts 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No.
Sound is a mechanical wave, meaning that in order to propogate (continue), it has to have something to push against.
On earth, sound waves push against air, water, rock, metal, whatever. This allows you to hear it, because eventually the sound wave strikes your eardrum, and your eardrum vibrates, which vibrates the bones in your ear, which vibrates the hairs in the cochlea, which transmits a nerve impulse to your brain, which interprets the impulse as a noise.
But in space, there is nothing for sound waves to push against.
In fact, you could be just a few thousand miles from Jupiter's atmosphere - if it blew up, you wouldn't even hear it there.
2007-06-12 05:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. You wouldn't hear it anywhere unless you were on Jupiter or perhaps on a moon that would vibrate from the shock wave as the gasses flew by.
2007-06-12 12:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No even if you were on Jupiter's surface because no sound waves can travel through space because there's no air for the sound waves to travel through
2007-06-12 13:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a weird question. You wouldn't hear any thing and that has the likelihood of your cat exploding.
2007-06-12 13:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, space is a vacuum, no sound can travel in a vacuum as it requires particles since it is a longitudinal waveform.
You can see it though as light is a transverse wave and does not require particles.
2007-06-12 12:56:22 · answer #5 · answered by Tsumego 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Telescopes don't have ears. Dork.
2007-06-12 12:59:47 · answer #6 · answered by Vandat 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-06-12 12:55:29 · answer #7 · answered by malinmo 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no you would die
2007-06-12 13:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋