On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 11:53:05 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:14:22 -0700, Fred J. McCall wrote:

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Is there anywhere in space, well out past our solar system, between stars, where
there's absolutely nothing? And by that I mean not even any atoms? Or does the
fact that there's a "space" out there mean there are atoms? Just got to thinking
about it. Thanks.


You're still going to have some atoms. There may be only one in a one
meter cube (intergalactic space), but there will be some.

Okay. But an atom of what? Hydrogen? Carbon?

Short answer: Yes. It could really be almost any atom or molecule but hydrogen, being the most common element is most likely.