Two astronauts cannot hear each other on the moon. Why?
(N/A) Sound requires a material medium for its propagation. The moon has no atmosphere,meaning it is a vacuum. Since sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum,astronauts cannot hear each other on the moon.
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