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No, sound cannot travel faster than light in any medium, including air. In a vacuum, such as outer space where there is no air or other matter to transmit sound waves, there would be no propagation of sound at all.

The speed of sound depends on the properties of the medium through which it travels. In air, for example, sound travels at approximately 343 meters per second (about 1235 kilometers per hour). In other mediums like water or solids, the speed of sound differs because the particles are more closely packed together, allowing the sound waves to propagate more efficiently.

In contrast, the speed of light in a vacuum is a fundamental constant of nature, which is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second. Nothing with mass can travel faster than the speed of light, according to our current understanding of physics.

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