RE: The nature of waves - physics explained
Particles are influencing each other all the time. One particle is affecting those next to it, that one is affecting the ones next to it and so on. As a result, we have many particles that move in a phase. Everything is, in a way, connected to everything else. If this troubles you, one particle being in two places at the same time will blow your mind :) Nope, not teleporting, ONE SINGLE particle can be at the two places at the same time just as electrons are not moving, they really are teleporting from one place to another and when we are describing their position, we are talking about probabilities to find them in a certain position in any given time. Quantum world is like falling through the rabbit hole and finding Alice on the other side lol, never boring :D
So sound moves in waves yet not through a vacuum; whereas light on the other hand can move through a vacuum and also moves in waves; so I guess they must be different types of vibration; which doesn't explain why a particle can be in two places at once
Nope, it does not explain that, hence the "down the rabbit hole" reference ;)
You did get that right, sound needs matter and light can travel through the vacuum. They are different types of waves. Why a particle "can" be in two places is one of those things that could get us a Nobel prize if we found the answer. Some things we still can only observe but not explain. There are many why questions that we still do not have answers to.
For all intents and purposes a void is a void if it is deemed empty of all measurable substances; but it is possible that there is no true void and that it is filled with a substance that is no substance and so can’t be detected or measured and that is why light travels in waves and particles both.
Sound won’t travel in a void because the particles are too small to carry the sound waves; but light, being a higher energy makes use of this invisible substance to travel along similar to the way sound uses the atmosphere to travel.
This has yet to be proved and so remains a theory and like Zen this can best be understood when you don’t say anything about it at all.
(Moriarty)