Will headphones work in space?

Like said, bone conduction headphones would work in space, because they don't rely on air to relay the sound waves, they rely on your bone.
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Can we listen music in space?

No, you cannot hear any sounds in near-empty regions of space. Sound travels through the vibration of atoms and molecules in a medium (such as air or water). In space, where there is no air, sound has no way to travel.
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Can you hear a spaceship in space?

Sound does not travel at all in space. The vacuum of outer space has essentially zero air. Because sound is just vibrating air, space has no air to vibrate and therefore no sound. If you are sitting in a space ship and another space ship explodes, you would hear nothing.
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Can astronauts speak in space?

While wearing the current space suits, astronauts wear a Communications Carrier Assembly (CCA), or "Snoopy Cap" — a fabric hat fitted with microphones in the ear area for listening and boom microphones in front of the mouth for speaking. These caps are worn under the helmet and visor that surround an astronaut's head.
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Can astronauts hear each other in the space station?

There is nothing in space. There is no atmosphere. Even if the astronauts are floating in the atmosphere next to each other they can't hear each other. In a space station, there is a simulated atmosphere which allows sound waves to propagate.
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Can You Hear Sound in Space?



Why can't you whistle on the moon?

Because there is nothing out in space (like an atmosphere), the sound waves from one astronaut's whistling can't travel over to the other astronaut's ears.
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How quiet is it in space?

These too are pressure waves, but with some added magnetism. We can't hear these magnetosonic waves in space. That is because the pressure variations are so small: a -100dB sound-pressure level (the human hearing threshold is about +60dB).
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Do smartphones work in space?

No. Take an ordinary smartphone and put it in outer space and you've got a big problem: Inadequate cooling. The phone is going to destroy itself with its own heat. Normal conduction and convection cooling will not work, all you have is radiation and at those temperatures it's a small part of the cooling.
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Can you facetime in space?

“Yes, they actually have an IP phone, which works functionally through a computer. It's kind of like 'Space Skype'. They can call any phone in the world if they have the right satellite coverage.
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Do astronauts have Internet in space?

It's one small click for astronauts, but one giant leap for the Internet. Astronauts on the International Space Station finally have a live Internet connection and made their first direct Twitter post Friday to prove it.
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What does space smell like?

​“The best description I can come up with is metallic; a rather pleasant, sweet metallic sensation.” Other astronauts have likened its aroma to ​“hot metal”, ​“seared steak” and, according to Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, ​“spent gunpowder”.
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Is space silent NASA?

Space isn't silent. It's abuzz with charged particles that — with the right tools — we can hear. Which is exactly what NASA scientists with the Van Allen Probes mission are doing.
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Can you see an explosion in space?

An explosion in space would realistically look like a brief spherical burst of light moving outwards, as well as a discharge of energy and material from the exploding object (energy and light can both travel in a vacuum).
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Is there sound in zero gravity?

No, there isn't sound in space.

On Earth, sound mainly travels to your ears by way of vibrating air molecules, but in near-empty regions of space there are no (or very, very few) particles to vibrate – so no sound.
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Does Sun have sound?

The Sun does indeed generate sound, in the form of pressure waves. These are produced by huge pockets of hot gas that rise from deep within the Sun, travelling at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour to eventually break through the solar surface.
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Can we play guitar in space?

Yes. Since a space station typically contains regular air at normal pressure in order to keep the humans comfortable, the sounds created by playing a guitar will be the same as on earth. The weightless environment inside a space station has no effect on the guitar's ability to create sound.
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Do astronauts carry guns?

Guns were never carried aboard U.S. spacecraft. Instead, a sharp machete served as the most serious armament for a jungle landing. Besides, with a worldwide U.S. network of bases and existing air-sea rescue forces, odds were that any downed astronauts would be found and rescued pretty quickly.
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Can astronauts watch Netflix in space?

Yes, they can and do watch TV shows on the ISS.
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How much do astronauts get paid?

The pay grades for civilian astronaut candidates are set by federal government pay scales and vary based on academic achievements and experience. According to NASA , civilian astronaut salaries range from $104,898 to $161,141 per year. Here are a few of the benefits offered to civilian astronauts: Health care.
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What is the temperature in space?

If atoms come to a complete stop, they are at absolute zero. Space is just above that, at an average temperature of 2.7 Kelvin (about minus 455 degrees Fahrenheit).
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How can I contact an astronaut?

The phone number at NASA Johnson Space Center is +1 281-483-0123, but your chances of getting through to the ISS are slim. When NASA sets up a video link to Earth like at New Scientist Live, astronauts only get to hear the audio side of the call.
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Can astronauts use social media in space?

How can astronauts use Twitter or social media from space? Astronauts use social media on a regular laptop. The International Space Station signal is relayed via satellite to a mirror site at Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas.
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Can you smell a fart in space?

Therefore, the fart will not be smelled by the astronaut, although they may marinate in it for a time. When astronauts are not in the space suit and floating about, the fart smell is exaggerated by the lack of airflow from the recycled air used and its inability to mask any smell.
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How dark is space?

How dark does space get? If you get away from city lights and look up, the sky between the stars appears very dark indeed. Above the Earth's atmosphere, outer space dims even further, fading to an inky pitch-black. And yet even there, space isn't absolutely black.
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What do astronauts do if they have an itch?

For itchy noses, there's a foam device astronauts press their noses against to clear their ears (the same maneuver as when you're on an airplane and pinch your nose and blow to equalize pressure).
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