ChatterBank1 min ago
in space/ zero gravity.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Gravity will not directly affect the transmission of sound, however, sound cannot pass through a vacuum, it needs some substance to transmit it. If it is to reach a human ear and sound the same as on earth, then that substance must be a gas with a density close to our own atmosphere.
A stable zero-gravity environment will be unable to sustain an atmosphere and hence there will be no way to transmit sound other than through the solid ground and through the body in contact with it. It would sound very different.
A temporary zero-gravity environment can be created by high flying aircraft going into a parabolic dive. Occupants of that aircraft will hear sounds normally.