Definition of asthenosphere : a zone of a celestial body (such as the earth) which lies beneath the lithosphere and within which the material is believed to yield readily to persistent stresses asthenospheric
Fraser: Right. Pamela: And so any time you hear a noise in space, if you hear explosions, thatâs probably your own spacecraft, and the noise is transferring through the hull and through the air in your spacecraft. Other than that, youâre not going to hear explosions.
Fraser: Right, but youâre not going to get that explosion of, like, in the atmosphere youâve got the shock wave, which sweeps by in a 1000th of a second, and then right after that youâve got the air molecules bumping into each other, dispersing the energy from the explosion.