What is space?

Question

Ever wondered what exactly space is?
Where did it come from?

Plz don't say god.....

Answer 1

If you're talking about outer space then the answer is nothing. Space is a giant vacuum with a bunch of little planets and stars and galaxies floating around acting on the laws of gravity. Space came from the big bang when the universe exploded outward and left space in between things.

Answer 2

Good question. This is something that has been occupying my thoughts a lot lately. Space is a very difficult thing to define. Everybody has an intuitive "feel" for what space and time are, but when you try to give a good definition of them or imagine what it would mean for there to be no space, then our puny human minds run into problems. Space is obviously some sort of idea that the human mind forms to explain certain kinds of sensory information. The sensory information is real but perhaps space is just a concept that the mind forms to make sense out of that data.

Answer 3

From times of Newton in classical physics the principle worked:
" Until the reference system is specified, any conversations on movement are completely deprived the contents."
Newton, first of all physicists realized, what a main role a reference system has. The choice of reference system is a central, basic question at the commencement of any task. But the founders of the “Big Bang” theory have forgotten this. Nowhere do they write in what reference system the "Big Bang" took place, and in what reference system the substance of the "single point " is distributed. And consequently, the theory of the "Big Bang" is constructed on a sand.
The astronomers have established the fact of galaxy rotation but nobody speaks of the reference system in which they rotate. Without the inclusion of a reference system the rotation of galaxies is deprived of any content. To avoid this problem, write: Each Galaxy is surrounded by an "accompanying reference system", and the "accompanying reference system" is extended.
The Physics of Space. is a small Soviet encyclopedia published in 1986. This is a joke! For example, I am at home and I am surrounded by an "accompanying reference system"; my house. Then I go to work surrounded by an "accompanying reference system"; And when I have arrived on the job, I am surrounded by an "accompanying reference system", the university.
But if we do not understand that we work in the reference system of the Earth, and the astronomers do not understand in what reference system the billions of galaxies rotate, any statement is meaningless. Only when the reference system is specified, then the words "galaxies rotate" and "Big Bang" make sense.
The first problem in the discussion of the laws of motion is to answer the question, "In what reference system does this motion occur? In what reference system are the laws of motion formulated?" This question is most unpleasant for the amateurs in abstract reasoning and conjecture. God teaches man to think particularly and logically. The Devil teaches man to speak with beautiful, general and abstract phrases. By such method he easily hides the truth from the people.
The main paradox in physics is not understanding reference systems. Einstein and Infeld wrote:
“We have the laws, but are not aware what the body of reference system they belong to, and all our physical construction appears erected on sand”.
They are right. The essence is that now there is no precise border which divides two different frame of reference:
1) System of Vacuum and
2) Gravitational frame of reference.
Now these two systems are considered as though they were common. But they are completely different systems. There, where there is a vacuum - there is no gravitation. In the vacuum, one set of laws - the laws of the vacuum work ( not taking into account external influences).
Where there is gravitation, there is no vacuum. In a gravitational reference system a complete set of other laws apply. These laws are connected and take into account external influences. How these two systems cooperate between themselves is explained on the following site.
http://www.socratus.com

Answer 4

Space is what we now refer to as a vacuum.
It's what lies between/surrounding planets, stars, quasars, black wholes, nebulas etc.
A space relatively empty of matter.
A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.
A state of emptiness; a void.
A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.

Answer 5

Any region of space beyond limits determined with reference to the boundaries of a celestial body or system, especially The region of space immediately beyond Earth's atmosphere. One theory of how space was created is the big bang thoery, which is The cosmic explosion that marked the origin of the universe.

Answer 6

if you want the definition of space in terms of theoritical physics ,space is just the region around you which you can completely indentify by atleast three co-ordinates.according to Einstein space is not different from time.inother words you can specify your location in the universe by giving your space-time co-ordinates.space is actually curved around itself,as if we are living inside a sphere.move anywhere and you will eventually end up at the same place.
if you are concerned about the space we use in the normal sense then it is just the void around you.

Answer 7

Space is nothing. No light, no darkness, no atoms, no electrons, no neutrons, no photons, just nothing.

If you properly visualize nothing you will realize that space is the only thing that didn't have to come from anywhere or anything and that it only exists because there is something for it to be relative to. It is the only thing that does not really exist.

Answer 8

Space is everywhere around us in a room etc Its a Empty place where a gap exits where Oxygen exists But the place has some gap !!! HOPE SO

Answer 9

Space is a void...People that think about things like that too much usually end up crazy, I'm not kidding it devoures there thoughts and just makes them go nuts! So how are you feeling lately??

Answer 10

Its not just 'space', It's 'space-time'. One without the other doesn't exist.