Sound! ... Or lack there of...

Alright, so the common misconception here that I am trying to clarify has been a bother to both me and a certain physics teacher of mine. This myth is about sound in space. Now in the movies, ever since 2001: A Space Odyssey, movies that deal with scenes in space included sounds and noises of rockets and whatnot. That is not scientifically accurate however. The reason for this is because the sound waves that we hear travel through particles in the air in order to reach our eardrums. In space, there are no particles between objects so the sound waves from your voice will not go anywhere. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, it was the first movie released that stuck with the fact that there would be no sound in space. Unfortunately, the movie received horrible reviews! The people were upset that there was no sound in those scenes. Which is why Hollywood has used sound every time after that.

So if my friend Mr. Lavere wanted to tell me yet again one of his punderful jokes, all I would have to do to get away from him would be to hop on the nearest rocket out of this world.

The Universe is full of what we would think of as anomalies here on Earth. But surely the lack of sound is one of them. This would prove true the age old sentiment, "In space, no one can hear you scream!" Mwahahaha.