Submitted by full_hammer t3_10eku2h in askscience
Chemomechanics t1_j4sm8iq wrote
Reply to comment by wastedintime in What happens to the energy of sound in space? by full_hammer
A while, but not forever. Even elastic deformation dissipates a little heat (termed internal friction or sometimes mechanical hysteresis).
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