If the Moon exploded, would we hear it?

Answer 1

Basically no. You need some kind of medium to propagate sound and there's too much vacuum between the moon and us.

The moon itself has a 'atmosphere' of density roughly #10^(-14)# times the density of Earth's atmosphere at sea level (Wikipedia "Atmosphere of the Moon").

There are even fewer particles in the area between the moon and the Earth's atmosphere.

The sound we might hear is moon fragments detonating as they hit our atmosphere.

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Answer 2

Levi Anderson

No, we would not hear the Moon exploding. Sound requires a medium to travel through, like air, and space is a vacuum where sound cannot propagate.

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Answer 3

Ariana Acosta

No, we would not hear the Moon exploding. Sound requires a medium to travel through, such as air, and space is a vacuum, meaning it lacks the necessary medium for sound to propagate. Therefore, even if the Moon were to explode, the sound waves produced by the explosion would not be able to reach us on Earth.

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