• Question: are there atoms in space

    Asked by abdul119 to Steve, Shefali, Kevin, Katie, Floris, Delma on 11 Jan 2016.
    • Photo: Steve Price

      Steve Price answered on 11 Jan 2016:


      Hi,
      Yes there are. Not very many but they are there. Space is regarded as a vacuum. When fully in space we don’t take account of any atoms for flight purposes, but there are some there.

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