nothing

[ving (David)]

thats right, astronomers discover nothing in the crater constellation... well its not really nothing as such but a piece of empty space. maybe this is whats beyond our universe, empty space rather than nothing.
anyhow, heres the article: http://space.com/scienceastronomy/060414_nothing.html

[Robby]

Not really nothing when they state it has about 50 stars and galaxies! Considering 1 galaxy may well contain a 100 billion starrs, it's an interesting proposition for nothing!
I guess it's all relative when you conpare this to those pin-head fields of Hubble that show up hundres of galaxies...!
Cheers

[ving (David)]

well, ok then.... next to nothing. still so few objects in the one space is quite interesting

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by ving

maybe this is whats beyond our universe, empty space rather than nothing.

Is nothing the same thing as empty space, or is empty space something?

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

It's a good place for future telescopes to go real deep and find something very very far away!

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

I was thinking (scary in itself) like starkler...is nothing the absence of something or another thing in itself...

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by Starkler

Is nothing the same thing as empty space, or is empty space something?

of course empty space is something

jut dont ask me to explain it right now

[robagar]

Originally Posted by Starkler

Is nothing the same thing as empty space, or is empty space something?

On a quantum level empty space is supposed to be full of matter-antimatter particle pairs popping into existence and annihilating each other, just so you can't be too sure that the energy is exactly zero

Or, empty spacetime is what you measure acceleration against so it must be something, kinda.