Interstellar Space: Why the Void Isn't Empty
Chapter 1

The quantum soup of empty space

Chapter 2

The power of nothing in art and architecture

Chapter 3

Inventing the zero and the philosophical void

Chapter 4

The cosmic vacuum and the birth of everything

YOUR GOAL

Master of The secret life of empty space

Ch 4 · The cosmic vacuum and the birth of everything
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007skaty Vacuum decay is the ultimate theoretical threat to our universe.

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007skaty The Cosmic Vacuum

The empty vacuum grew the cosmic seeds (oh, those cosmic seeds!), to build the stars and galaxies we see (yeah, we see!)

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What looks like nothing is often the very force driving growth.

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007skaty Invisible dark energy is actively stretching the universe.

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The ultimate fate: Vacuum decay

007skaty Quantum physics explains how a true vacuum bubble expands at light speed, rewriting the laws of physics and

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Dark energy is stretching the universe

007skaty Isometric glass and chrome geometry stretches apart in a clean, labeled 3D render.

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The cosmic vacuum and the birth of everything
BETA

007skaty Tap the cosmic vacuum to discover how the universe was born from empty space.

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Fun Fact

Expanding nothing: Because dark energy is a property of empty space, the universe is creating more 'nothing' every second, which makes it expand faster.

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Glossary
vacuum (noun)
A space entirely devoid of matter. Aristotle famously denied the existence of this empty state, claiming instead that a pervasive ether filled space.

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Gossip

Which cosmic mystery about the vacuum sounds the most exciting to you?

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Quiz

What is the theoretical cosmic catastrophe where a bubble of more stable space expands at light speed?

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007skaty The matter that fills interstellar space

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Approximately what percentage of the universe's total energy budget is made up of dark energy?

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On average, how many atoms are found in one cubic centimeter of interstellar space?

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Who is the American physicist who first proposed the theory of cosmic inflation in 1980?

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What cosmic objects did astronomers observe in 1998 to discover the accelerating expansion of the universe?

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In which year did astronomers discover that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to dark energy?

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What theory explains how quantum fluctuations in the early vacuum stretched to form galaxies?

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What is the name of the sparse matter, consisting of gas and dust, that exists in the space between star systems?

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