07-20-2008, 08:41 PM
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Aya Matsuura is awesome
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| Re: Quick question about the sun Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle_Vanya Actually it doesn't make a sound, its a vacuum sounds can't exist in a vacuum. The sun doesn't have an atmosphere. | It could emit a "sound" but one would not hear it in space. If, say, we surrounded it in a liquid container and vibrated the tree, we'd "hear" the sound, but we wouldn't hear it through space.
We can still detect the sound waves using various equipments - which was how I assume we detected the Sun making "noise".*
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