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  • Vacuum & Falling Objects: Understanding Acceleration Without Air
    You're absolutely right! An object falling in a vacuum cannot reach terminal velocity. Here's why:

    * Terminal velocity arises from air resistance. Terminal velocity is the constant speed that a freely falling object eventually reaches when the force of air resistance equals the force of gravity.

    * Vacuum means no air. A vacuum, by definition, is a space with no air or other matter present. Without air, there's no air resistance.

    * Constant acceleration. In a vacuum, the only force acting on an object is gravity. This means the object will continuously accelerate at a constant rate, known as the acceleration due to gravity (approximately 9.8 m/s² on Earth).

    Therefore, in a vacuum, an object will keep accelerating indefinitely, never reaching a constant speed (terminal velocity).

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