we know that heat needs a medium to travel but there is no meium present between earth and tthe sun.then how does heat from the sun reaches us through vaccuum???

22 Views|Posted 2011-02-25 10:35:19
Asked by Akshay Rathi
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Nikhlesh Mathur
2011-02-25 10:54:24
The sun emits energy as electromagnetic radiation. Unlike sound, such radiation requires no medium, therefore this energy is able to travel through the near vacuum of space from the sun to the earth. Heat is radiates in the form of electromagnet radiation, like light rays. These rays are actually in

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