I can travel through the vacuum of space, but I have no mass. What am I?
Category: Science · Difficulty: medium
Hint: Think about light.
Answer
A photon
Explanation
Photons are particles of light that can move through space without having mass.
This is a medium science riddle — a moderate challenge for most people. The answer is A photon.
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