Hello,
If you can't describe it then you don't know what it is... "so what is space?"
kindest regards,
rlj
2007-06-04 11:26:45 · 8 answers · asked by reverendlovejoy75 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Space can be defined as many things, a stage where events take place, a dimension, a distance between two points, a flat geometrical shape, a volume in which we exist, and some pretty wild dimensions beyond our universe with spatial directions we can not relate to.
Space and time are part of one another, or else how could an
object move in space?
2007-06-04 13:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Space is a medium in which matter and time can exist.
A perfect vacuum is a form of space...and so is a black hole. A perfect vacuum consists of no matter, and so time is in its ideal state. However, the presence of matter warps space and time according to einstein's theory of relativity. So where matter exists, time slows down.
These are just ideas to show that space is really anything you can comprehend; hence, a medium that matter and time can exist in.
2007-06-04 20:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by kennyk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you could remove all matter and energy from the universe, space is what would remain. Some renowned modern physicists argue that space exists only as relationships with matter. In their view, if you did what I said, you wouldn't even have space left. Start with the reference if you're seriously interested.
2007-06-04 19:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by Frank N 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Space is not the absence of matter. Space is defined by matter - and matter is defined by space.
2007-06-04 18:34:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of the space is nothing no gas,no dust , it is very near a perfect vacuum.
2007-06-04 19:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
space is anything that matter fills or can fill, space is our universe as a whole
2007-06-04 19:18:09 · answer #6 · answered by hooray beer 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
the absence of matter
2007-06-04 18:32:42 · answer #7 · answered by tally_fan 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Anything that can be filled in.
2007-06-04 18:30:33 · answer #8 · answered by a L v I n 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋