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Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 10 months agoSpace is a vacuum, the other stuff just makes it not a perfect vacuum as a whole.
When you say “space” it is talking about the nothingness.
If you put something in the space it is no longer space but the object you put there
So like the whole outer space isn’t a perfect vacuum. But the parts where it is empty are, the space.
lath@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But space isn’t really space because there’s always something in, but we consider it as nothing so we can see space as space.
benderbeerman@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Vacuum does not only infer an area devoid of matter… it’s also considered a vacuum if it has substantially lower pressure than earth’s atmosphere at sea level.
lath@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hold up. Isn’t space under a lot of pressure to expand, only it’s directed outwards, so we ain’t just feeling it?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, we don’t yet know why space is expanding. But space has way way waaaaay lower pressure than the earth atmosphere since it’s almost empty. It even keeps sucking away bits of our atmosphere.