0 Question: How is light able to travel through space despite there being no mass or particles? Keywords: light, mass, particle Asked by Maddie to Andrea, Charlie π, Col Op, Kirsty, Vinita on 16 Jun 2016.
Kirsty Lindsay answered on 16 Jun 2016:
That is a great question!
Light is rather special because it can travel as a wave or a particle- at the same time! This means that it can travel through a vacuum as a partical no problem! Sound can only travel as a wave, so it canβt travel through a vacuum.
Andrea Boyd answered on 20 Jun 2016:
What Kirsty said π
Maddie commented on 19 Jun 2016:
Thank you for answering!
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Thank you for answering!