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.
An explosion happens when a free gas expands very quickly, because of a chemical reaction that produces a gas, or because a container of pressurized gas ruptures. If the oil has a high enough vapor pressure, a match could light the vapor before it reached the wick, possibly causing an explosion.