2006-07-08 15:53:44 · 14 answers · asked by pearljam_80 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Technically, no. There are a few gas molecules per cubic centimeter, even in intergalactic space. But the best vacuum we can produce on Earth is not that good. So in the real world the word vacuum is used loosely to mean almost all, or as much as possible, of the air has been removed. And that is definitely true of outer space.
2006-07-08 16:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, There are many planets inside the vaccume when they are spinning afloat around the sun by their axis. Factually space are related to gravity, when there is a world stays afloat, like an astronaut can jump around freely on the moon stay afloat for a short while. All the planets floating in the empty space by it's axis around the sun. There is no individual but a mixture of real life of worlds, stars, asteriods, Jupiter, sun, mercury, people, moons... and space have everything afloat but it also has a flying object, and it's not a vaccume.
2006-07-09 03:55:23 · answer #2 · answered by Eve W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space does contain particles and is therefore not a perfect vaccuum. The density of particles varies from interstellar space within a galaxy to a much lower density in intergalactic space. However, even the most "crowded" part of interstellar space is still a better vacuum (that is, fewer particle per cubic meter) than anything our best technology on Earth can produce, so for practical purposes, it's close enough.
2006-07-08 17:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by not_2_worried 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty much as close as we'll ever be able to get. However, there are always the odd cosmic particle or atom floating around preventing a "true" vacuum.
Also, there's a bit of a "If a tree fell in the forest and no one was around..." logical question to it to. We could never really use a true vacuum, because in order to reach it some particle of some kind would be displaced into the vacuum thus destorying the vacuum.
2006-07-08 16:14:56 · answer #4 · answered by SMFX 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, space is not a true vaccume. It has particles and an atmosphere, it's just that the particles are so spread out and the atmosphere so thin that humans wouldn't recognize an atmosphere.
2006-07-08 15:58:50 · answer #5 · answered by rliedtky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definition of a vacuum is in part, an absence of matter. Space contains matter although it is very far apart.
2006-07-08 16:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Even the deepest recesses of space contain small amounts of matter.
2006-07-08 15:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by manofadvntr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The areas between strands of galaxies are completely empty. You would have to travel Hundreds of miles to find just one atom.
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/universe.htm
2006-07-08 16:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by UncleGeorge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invest in a dictionary.
2006-07-08 15:57:39 · answer #9 · answered by dnescio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. There are particles out there, they just aren't very close together.
2006-07-08 15:55:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋