2006-10-15 03:45:42 · 6 answers · asked by bob_shakor 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes -- in the vacuum. Virtual particles appear and disappear all the time, but they can't stick around long enough to be physically observed.
2006-10-15 04:21:29 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atoms consist of a neutron, electron(s) and much more empty space than matter. If a nucleus was 1mm in diameter, about the length of a printed dash, the closest electron would be about 1/4 mile away. An electron is really an energy vapor surrounding and containing a nucleus and a lot of empty space.
Fusion in the stars is two Hydrogen Isotope nuclei combining and forming Helium. Neutrons, heat, and a lot of empty space are released in the process. The amount of matter doesn't change but you now have one atom that does not equal the two hydrogen atoms' combined size and a neutron floating around so, the sun shrinks in size.
Photosynthesis is the manufacture or carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source to drive the process. Oxygen is also released as a result. Energy is not transformed into matter.
Theoretically, in the early creation of the universe, energy was cooled and transformed into matter by the absolute temperature of the vacuum. A perfect vacuum no longer exists in space or anywhere else. One has not been created in any lab. Matter has been temporarily observed in less than perfect vacuums in labs which may be a temporary transformation or it may not be because matter exists in a less than perfect vacuum. This process is no longer available.
If you took all of the empty space away from all of the atoms in your body, you would not be visible to the naked eye. The sun would be the size of a pea. You could say that, while energy doesn't transform into matter, it does use empty space to create the observable physical world.
2006-10-15 06:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup.
Here on Earth.
Photosynthesis converts energy into a tiny amount of matter.
2006-10-15 04:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by emerald_trout 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. E = MC^2 is a one way street.
However look in to the emrald answer of Photosynthesis convertion
2006-10-15 05:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Neutrinos form from the energy of radioactive decay and supernova explosions.
2006-10-15 08:33:30 · answer #5 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes on earth!!!!!
2006-10-15 06:25:56 · answer #6 · answered by jeff g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋