Is space the absence of matter?

The deep vacuum of intergalactic space is not devoid of matter, as it contains a few hydrogen atoms per cubic meter. By comparison, the air humans breathe contains about 1025 molecules per cubic meter.

Can there be space without mass?

No. General relativity tells us that what we call space is just another feature of the gravitational field of the universe, so space and space-time can and do not exist apart from the matter and energy that creates the gravitational field. …

Does space create matter?

Yes, space is constantly being created. The new space does not hold any matter (like atoms) or dark matter.

Is everything empty space?

Every human on planet Earth is made up of millions and millions of atoms which all are 99\% empty space. If you were to remove all of the empty space contained in every atom in every person on planet earth and compress us all together, then the overall volume of our particles would be smaller than a sugar cube.

Is space a kind of matter?

Based on elementary fermions (mass, volume, and space) A common or traditional definition of matter is “anything that has mass and volume (occupies space)”. For example, a car would be said to be made of matter, as it has mass and volume (occupies space).

Is atom made of 99.99 empty space?

Atoms are not mostly empty space because there is no such thing as purely empty space. Sucking all the particles and fields out of a certain volume won’t make the space completely empty because new particles will still flash into existence due to vacuum energy.

What is the difference between “the absence of matter” and “room to be filled?

Well, there’s a big difference between “the absence of matter” and “’room’ to be filled”. The latter is not an absence, it is (to coin a word) space. We all crave space. Space is what allows me to be somewhere different from where you are. Space is what allows me to be somewhere, period.

Is space an absence from the universe?

No, “space” is not an absence. Space, like time, is a concept which refers to a *relationship.* It does not designate an entity, but a relationship between entities, which exist only within the universe. The universe is not in space any more than it is in time.

How can space be defined without matter?

Space is not defined by the absence of what can or cannot be in it. That would be the same as defining it by how much it can be effected by the matter in it. For instance, if you travel fast enough through space, and there will be frictional forces that space itself will exert on you. Nothing is not nothingness in this universe.

What is the relationship between matter and space and time?

matter and space interacts in this way but time does not interact with neither space nor matter. matter and space is enveloped and embedded (absorbed and adsorbed) with time but time does not become a measurable entity for nothing could be made with time. space is three dimensional by nature. space can be filled or unfilled (with objects).