Sound cannot reach us from space why?

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In space, there are no molecules in the large empty areas between stars and planets. With no molecules in the vacuum of space there is no medium for the sound waves to travel through. And that is the reason nobody can hear you shout in space. Sound cannot travel in the vacuum of space.

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