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Radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultra violet, XRays, and gamma rays are all part of the "electromagnetic spectrum". They are all electromagnetic radiation and they all travel at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second). The only difference between them is their frequencies (or wavelengths)
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∙ 8y agoRadio waves travel at the same speed that light does ... about 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) per second.
Radio waves are an electromagnetic wave, and thus travel at "the speed of light". The speed of light is exactly 299,792,458 meters per second in a vacuum. However, radio waves traveling through other media, such as air, would slow it down. The speed of light through air is closer to 299,460,000 meters per second.
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∙ 11y agoThey are electromagnetic waves, so they travel at the speed of light, 3.0 x 108m/s.
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∙ 11y agoAt c, the speed of light.
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What do radio waves travel easily through?
Air
Can radio waves travel through air?
Of course, they are similar to visible light waves, just a different wavelength and frequency. Indeed, many electromagnetic waves (radio waves) can travel through solid objects and water depending on the frequency and the medium through which they travel. If radio waves couldn't travel through the atmosphere, your radio wouldn't receive a signal, hence no music.
Do gamma rays or radio waves travel faster?
It depends on the medium it is travelling though. In the vacuum of space, they travel at the same speed (c, the speed of light in vacuum). In air or water, the X-rays tend to just "rip" through the air at c... and get absorbed. Radio waves tend to propagate through the air at less than c, and keep on moving for long distances. Water tends to dampen and absorb both waves after just a few tens of meters (much less for x-rays) of travel path. It is not always the same event that triggers both x-ray and radio wave emissions. The processes generating both are sometimes offset in time. As a simile, the flash of lightning actually preceeds the bang of thunder, the neutrons from a supernova are emitted before the first detectable flare of a star shedding matter, and so on.
What is the definition for radio active waves?
radio active waves is also called RAW meaning a radio who waves in the air joke XD i dont know eh im not interested..........SORRY XD:)
What are the waves in the electomagnetic spectrum?
The speed of every electromagnetic wave is the same. That includes television waves, FM radio waves, heat waves, infrared light, green light, purple light and ultraviolet light waves, microwaves, x-rays, AM radio waves, bluetooth signals, taxi radio waves, garage- door-opener waves, and gamma ray waves ... because all of these waves are the same thing. Their speed is 299,792,458 meters per second, or 186,282 miles per second.
What speed do television waves travel in air?
If the information for television goes through the air, the waves used are electromagnetic waves; specifically of the type called RADIO WAVES.All electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light when in a vacuum: about 300,000 km/second. In air, the speed is almost the same as in a vacuum.
Where are radio waves faster-earth or space?
Radio waves travel with the highest speed in vacuum, and slightly slower in air. So they move slightly faster in space than on earth.
What do radio waves travel easily through?
Air
What travel faster a radio signal or sound in air explain?
Radio signals travel at (essentially) the speed of light, as they are electromagnetic waves like light. Sound waves travel at roughly 1200 km/h. Now you have enough information to answer your own question.
Why can radio waves travel through space but sound waves can not?
Radio waves travel through empty space because they are electromagnetic waves, whereas sound is a wave that must travel through air.
Which travels faster-radio waves or sound waves?
Radio wave travel faster than sound wave. Radio wave is the same as light wave except at different wavelength. It travel at speed of light (3 x 108 m/s). Sound wave travel at only 330 m/s and probably can go up to 3,300 m/s in solid medium which is far slower than the speed of light.
Do particles in the atmosphere slow down either the speed of light or radio waves as they travel outward into the universe?
Light and radio waves travel slower through air than they do through space or vacuum. But as soon as they leave the atmosphere and get into space or vacuum, they speed up to 299,792,458 meters per second.
Can you start a sentence with a sound?
Sound waves travel through the air to my radio.
What is speed of radio waves?
radio waves travels at the speed of light i,e 299,792,458 meters
Why do astronauts use radio waves instead of sound waves to communicate in space?
sound needs something to travel through and space has no air for it to travel
What is the speed of ultrasonic waves in vacuum is equal to what is the speed of audible sound in air?
No, ultrasonic wave do not travel at all in a vacuum.
What speed do sound waves travel at?
760 miles per hour (in air).
