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Why would it be futile to attempt to detect sounds from other planets, even with the very best audio detectors?

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Why would it be futile to attempt to detect sounds from other planets, even with the very best audio detectors?

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Sound is a mechanical wave which requires a medium to propagate , so sound cannot travel in vacuum. That is in vacuum, the speed of sound is zero.

 

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