Rethinking Sound in Space: Physicists Demonstrate How Sound Can Cross the Vacuum

Sound waves tunneling across a vacuum gap. Credit: Zhuoran Geng and Ilari Maasilta The iconic movie Alien once claimed: In space, no one can hear you scream. However, physicists Zhuoran Geng and Ila [+1638 chars]

The iconic movie Alien once claimed: "In space, no one can hear you scream." However, physicists Zhuoran Geng and Ilari Maasilta from the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, beg to differ. Their recent research suggests that under spec