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Sorry posted before I saw the previous answer.

I had no choice but to arbitrarily select a prefix option, and it's not something that is taught in high school. I hoped that if I asked a specific question, someone would be able to give an answer in words I will understand.

Isn't that because a wire is a ready made medium, full of electrons which are passing energy along the wire without moving forwards themselves? Hopefully I've remembered this correctly. If so, how does this relate to photons and empty space? Thanks.

I've been trying to understand what an electromagnetic wave is, and have spent quite a while now reading around and piecing different bits of information together to try and get an answer. I haven't yet found an answer to my title question. It might just be because I have a lack of...