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unlike sound, which has to travel through matter, light/electromagnetic waves can travel through the vacuum of space where there is no matter.
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true, light/electromagnetic radiation, does not need matter/atoms to travel through.
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Sound needs a medium (matter) to travel as it is a mechanical wave. Light/electromagnetic waves are non - mechanical waves and do not require a medium (matter) to travel. This is a fundamental property in physics.
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True, light/electromagnetic radiation, does not need matter/atoms to travel through.