Does the earth displace space or does space go through the earth?

Question

Has anyone ever proved it either way

Answer 1

If instead of thinking of space as a large empty vacuum we think of as being largely made up of dark energy and dark matter (total of 96% of space) then we can also consider that our earth is passing through it. But which is displacing the other?

I'm not sure any astronomer today has the answer.

From a fresh article produced today is a bit more about the two major and most mysterious components of space.

It is estimated that our solar system is passing through a fine sea of dark matter particles with a density as high as roughly 100000 per cubic meter and a velocity of roughly 200 kilometers per second. We may hope to detect the flux of dark matter passing though the Earth, and even to detect the seasons of dark matter, corresponding to the times of year when the Earth is moving with, or against, the flow of dark matter orbiting the center of the Milky Way.

Dark energy, on the other hand, originates from our efforts to understand the observed accelerated expansion of the universe. In a nutshell, current theory cannot explain the acceleration. One speculative possibility is that the acceleration is a consequence of another new form of matter, nicknamed dark energy, which has hitherto gone undetected. It is called "dark" because it must necessarily be very weakly interacting with regular matter--much like dark matter--and it is referred to as energy because one of the few things we are certain of is that it contributes nearly 70 percent of the total energy of the universe. If we can figure out what it really is, it is certain we will find a more illuminating name

Answer 2

You have all seen the image of space as a level net that is bent when a planet (or basketball) or other mass is placed on its surface, simulating a gravity well.

Einstein showed that this wasn't just an analogy but is what actually happens to space in the vicinity of a large mass. The fact that space becomes bent means that space has been displaced - argue your way out of that one!

Imagine a large cave under the surface of the Earth but there is no access from the surface or anywhere. Would you say that such cave does not exist because space cannot go through the Earth? I think not!

Asker 1 - sneering answerers nil.

Answer 3

I am sure you have heard of meteorites, and the possibility of earth being hit by a comet. As the earth travels through space, it is going to collide with any objects that get in its way. The object will either be deflected by the atmosphere around earth, or it will enter the atmosphere and burn up, or it will hit the earth. Happens regularly. As far as "space", if you mean the great empty vast vacuum, as there is nothing there, it is neither displace or pass through. It there is something there, it is collided with.

Answer 4

the earth displaces space.that is where gravity comes from. everything displaces space which makes the space press down on it. the more space displaced, the more gravty.

i watch way too much tv

Answer 5

The earth is matter. Matter is anything which has mass and 'occupies' space. so earth displaces space and not the other way round.

Answer 6

Ya you're precise about the valley, yet to imagine it in 3-D imagine a dense cloth like water now once you're on the bottom of the pool protecting a balloon on your hand and as you launch it it is going to bypass to the right, cuz that is pushed through the dense water to the rarer side for this reason that valley like structure create a low density section for different vast gadgets and they get pulled on to earth

Answer 7

There is no "space". It's space. That's why they call it 'space'. The earth displaces/distorts gravity because of its mass and therefore it distorts time, but not space.

Answer 8

Actually the earth occupies space.

Answer 9

The earth is part of space .. just a more solid part.

Answer 10

You cant displace a vacuum