Is space really a void?

space is the absence of any matter. There are blobs of matter within it but it is all around. So yes, space is a void (not including the stuff in between)

it almost is. it's almost a true vacuum, but not quite. it's almost empty, but not quite. but for all intents and purposes, yes, it's a void.

Space is NOT a void. It has planets, asteroids, comets, gasses, photons, and all manner of exotic particles, not to mention stars. Dr Antony

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No. Besides large things like planets and so forth there's other stuff floating out in space like background radiation, cosmic rays, etc. --- edit But like phloy said, in a practical sense, space is a void.

no

Space can never be truly empty. Space is full of virtual particles, force fields, etc. Presence of matter bends space. Space is not nothingness. Rather, it's the fabric the Universe is made of.

space is neither the absence of matter or the presence of matter. Matter occupies space. If matter does not exist does space cease to exist? The universe is expaning at an incredible rate into space. It may be argued that that space is void, but what would we know? How big therefore is the space that the universe is expanding into? Inside the boundary of the universe there is space that has been occupied by matter. Mostly dark matter which is undetectable by any scientific instrument currently in existance. We know it is there though because gravity would not work otherwise. Another question would be that is space inside the universe void? Is a vacuum space? Its a bit like time. For time to exist there needs to be a series of events by which to quantify it. If no events take place time does not exist. Logically though, It seems if space and time are constant they would exist without reference to any matter or event, its just that they are unquantifiable.

Space is pretty much empty. When two galaxies merge, rarely will two stars collide because there is so much space between stars in galaxies. Well galaxies, empty as they are, are the most crowded areas in space. The areas between galaxies truly empty and truly huge. On a smaller scale, where there is matter, it too is mostly empty. 99% of the weight of matter is concentrated in the nucleus of the atoms that take up far less than 1% of the space in the atom. So, while space is not completely empty, there is room for billions and billions times more matter than there is. It is a "void." and the people who say otherwise are wrong.