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  EVENT 3 Event 3 Santiago Torres - We are all made of starDust May 22 This was an interesting session. We learned about sound waves and even sound produced in space. Sound in space: it doesn't really "show up" the way it does on Earth. Sound needs a medium, like air or water, to travel through. Space is mostly a vacuum, which means there's no air or anything for the sound waves to travel through. So, if you were out in space, you wouldn’t hear anything because there’s no air to carry the sound waves. Like in sci-fi movies, they make space sound super dramatic with all those explosions and engine noises, but in reality, it's just silent. Astronauts communicate using radios because radio waves can travel through the vacuum of space. So, they’re hearing each other through their helmets and suits, not through the actual space around them.    It’s kind of wild to think about floating out there in complete silence.  The only sounds you’d hear would be from your own bod...