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What is the difference between space and vacuum?
Since light waves require a medium to travel, then what is the medium in space?
Since light waves require a medium to travel, then what is the medium in space?
They don't. Discovering that there's no evidence of a medium was a large part of the work that led to relativity theory.rekha1804 said:Since light waves require a medium to travel,
Empty space is a vacuum. Interstellar and intergalactic space are almost empty, but not quite.rekha1804 said:What is the difference between space and vacuum?
This is a faulty assumption and you would do well to get rid of it.rekha1804 said:Since light waves require a medium to travel