2006-08-16 14:47:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Actually there is plenty of oxygen along with all the other gases in space. Space is an ether not a vacuum. Rarely do they combine in a manner that would be combustible in that environment though.
The Sun is a gigantic fusion reactor fueld by compressed hydrogen gas being fused into heluim and therefore does not require oxygen to burn.
2006-08-16 14:56:08 · answer #1 · answered by deyarteb_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think it can catch on fire..but i mean stars blow up all the time and form new ones and if space can catch on fire it would have already not to mention what do u think our sun is? a flashlight>?
2006-08-16 16:33:20 · answer #2 · answered by gus gus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Empty space cant but any mass that is in it can providing its flash point is reached....even water has its own flashpoint and will burn by the way..to those who believe oxygen is needed you are wrong! Oxygen is merely a catalyst and there are many different catalysts...as Soda states....the sun burns helium, there is no oxygen, the pressure of the sun falling in on itself causes it to burn.
2006-08-16 14:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Fire requires oxygen, and there's almost no oxygen in space.
2006-08-16 15:05:13 · answer #4 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There can only be a fire when intense heat meets oxygen and something flammable.
2006-08-16 15:16:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about the contradiction.....someone says fire needs air to breath.....what does the sun breathe?
2006-08-16 14:54:01 · answer #6 · answered by heffinator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Fire needs oxygen to burn
2006-08-16 14:54:26 · answer #7 · answered by Searyan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fire needs something that burns and something that helps it.
since space has neither then no.
2006-08-16 15:15:13 · answer #8 · answered by pbmaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no oxygen in space
2006-08-16 14:51:53 · answer #9 · answered by tony r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Big Bang!!!
2006-08-16 14:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋