Sound—in the form of shock waves—helps sculpt the beautiful, delicate structures of some supernova remnants, such as those seen here in a Hubble Space Telescope image of the Veil Nebula. “In space no ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: FX / Hulu "In space," some marketing genius once said, "no one can hear you scream".

Space is vast and most of it is empty, meaning sound doesn’t propagate… that’s why marketing for the film Alien famously said “in space no-one can hear you scream”. However, sound can still be ...