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Erik remembered that his

science teacher had told him that an explosion in space could not really be heard. Why
is this so?

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Because space is a vacuum, gases released into space expand very quickly, and as they expand their density decreases. So say you were in a spaceship in the middle of a big space battle and a nearby ship exploded. The exploding ship would release gases and technically sound could travel along with them

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