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Why do sound waves need a medium through which to travel?
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Why do sound waves need a medium through which to travel?

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Sound waves need a medium to travel in because sounds are vibrations in mediums. That's the reason why the phrase "Nobody can hear you scream in space" came from. Space has no medium for sound to reverberate through.
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