So does this mean there is no vacuum there?
Vacuum is created by a lack of atmosphere, created = creation?
So in order for the hole to be totally devoid of all creation ( matter of any sort) wouldn't also stand to reason that it should also contain no vacuum?
Why did i ask R&S this, well because Atheist are experts at explaining the why's of things!
Could this area be the center of the big bang, or maybe a gas pocket of some sort?
2007-08-30 04:50:03 · 24 answers · asked by Forsaken1 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Philosophically speaking...if something is nothing...then likewise, nothing is something.
I am not an athiest.
2007-08-30 04:57:33 · answer #1 · answered by NY PTK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A vacuum is not "created" by the lack of atmosphere unless you have an atmosphere there already and create a vucuum within it. A vacuum is merely the state of emptiness which is actually vastly more prevalent in the universe than the state of having an atmosphere is.
As for the holes in the universe, this is an area of space they think may be caused by gravitational forces that exist in adjacent areas to the holes and have effectively removed matter from the areas where the holes are.
2007-08-30 12:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by Murazor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientists Discover Hole in the Universe
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Astronomers gazing out into the universe are scratching their heads about what's just not there.
University of Minnesota researchers say they've found a cosmic blank spot far bigger than what scientists ever imagined: a billion light years across. That's nearly six billion trillion miles of emptiness. They says it has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even mysterious dark matter.
One professor says it's hard to find the right words because ``this is too much of a surprise.''
An astronomer following up the work of the Minnesota team says all that emptiness could be a statistical ``freak of nature.''
The findings will be published in Astrophysical Journal.
I'm sorry there is nothing in here about vacuums. I would recommend reading the published paper (when it comes out) in the Astrophysics Journal.
2007-08-30 12:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is probably the wrong place to ask hard scientific questions.
And I am sure that even the best brains on Earth would just be speculating any sort of answer.
Not that I'me terribly smart , but I am not concerned about a section of space (and boy is it big) that has nothing in it.
There are a lot of unanswered questions of the universe , and in years perhaps it will be discovered that it not as empty as first thought.
Either way , it doesn't bother me , I follow the true God on Earth , and I like it here very much.
For more Bible based info plz feel free to email me.
2007-08-30 11:58:45 · answer #4 · answered by I♥U 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's in space, therefore is a vacuum. "So in order for the hole to be totally devoid of all creation (matter of any sort) wouldn't also stand to reason that if should also contain no vacuum?" NO...that does not stand to reason at all. It's obvious that you have no education in science or physics.
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2007-08-30 11:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vacuum is not something, it is the lack of something.
I read the article and it is about a billion LY across, and there doesn't seem to be much of anything there. No matter, no dark matter, no gas, nothing.
Now there are other voids, some not even that far away. What is weird about this is it is so big.
2007-08-30 11:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a scientist, but I thought a vacuum was a lack of matter. For instance space is a vacuum so there is no medium for sound to travel through. But ask someone who knows.
2007-08-30 11:55:06 · answer #7 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah and the best thing is the hole in space is some 60 billion light years across.. now for the boys and girls out there who think they can conceptualise big numbers heres a question: What is the speed of light? answer 670,616,629.2 MILES per hour, so now you take that figure and times by 24 and thats a light day, then you times it by 365 and thats a light year (5,879,000,000,000 miles) then you times that number by 60 billion.
Thats a big hole isn't it :P
2007-08-30 11:59:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A hole in space devoid of creation? Did John Edwards go up on the shuttle or something??
2007-08-30 11:55:19 · answer #9 · answered by Graham 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "hole" in the title of that article is going to create all sorts of problems for people who don't read the whole thing.
It's just space without matter. The space is still there. It's surprising because it conflicts with the distribution of matter we've discovered elsewhere, but it's not all that significant.
2007-08-30 11:58:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So Are You Saying That Scientists Accept "Creation?".. And This Is Just One Area That Has Them Puzzled.?
2007-08-30 11:58:04 · answer #11 · answered by conundrum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋