Why can television satellites, which broadcast information as electromagnetic radiation, send signals from the vacuum of space?

A) because electromagnetic radiation increases as the distance increases

B) because electromagnetic radiation does not need a medium to travel through

C) because space does not provide a medium that will block the satellite signals

D) because space is so vast that light waves can spread out to their full size and strength

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13 June, 03:50

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Darian Vang · Answer 1

Electromagnetic radiation does not require a medium to travel through. Instead, it can exist in the form of photons in the absence of a medium.