I’m Joppe and I’m 8 years old. I have a question that my parents don’t know the answer to, so I hope to get an answer here.
Answer
Especially from emptiness.
But actually that is also the case for our atmosphere. It consists of molecules, which in turn consist of atoms. And those atoms consist of nuclei and electrons. But within the volume of each atom, those nuclei and electrons take up very little space; the rest is emptiness. And between those atoms and molecules there are other atoms and molecules, but again also empty space.
The difference between space and the atmosphere is that there are far fewer atoms per cubic meter over there than here, and so there is more empty space.
Answered by
Prof. dr. Christopher Waelkens
Astronomy
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/
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