If Space Is A Vacuum?

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has? Would all the gas be sucked off into space.
I remember seeing a move about outer space where a space mans suit had a
problem and his eyes popped out and all from the vacuum and how Arnolds
eyes almost popped out on Mars. See that was from the lack of oxygen.
Is there something in space that sort of makes up for the lack of Oxygen?
Is that how the Sun keeps from fizzing away. My son has been asking me
about this and I've been telling him this business I heard about gravity
and all but golly space is so big and the sun even though it's small
compared to the earth is still much smaller than space if you know what I
mean. Something else has to be holding it together or else I have the whole
gravity wave thing wrong.
Thanks for you patience with a novice.

If you all don't mind I might as a couple other things about the Sun that
have been pondering me.

Thanks

Gig in MO

Gig Thomas:

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has? Would all the gas be sucked off into space.

Space isn't a vacuum. Look up "Quantum Vacuum." While you're at it,
look up "Gravity."

and how Arnolds
eyes almost popped out on Mars.

That wasn't Mars. That was a movie set. And California is involved.

space is so big and the sun even though it's small
compared to the earth...

The sun is many, many times larger than the Earth.

If you all don't mind I might as a couple other things about the Sun that
have been pondering me.

You'll do yourself and your son a great service if you head to your
local library and get a beginner's-level book on astronomy.

Davoud

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usenet *at* davidillig *dawt* com

Lots of forces at work. Gravity is a big item in the case of the Sun.

You might as well ask how the Earth's atmosphere is not sucked off into
space.

Phil

Gig Thomas wrote:

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has? Would all the gas be sucked off into space.
I remember seeing a move about outer space where a space mans suit had a
problem and his eyes popped out and all from the vacuum and how Arnolds
eyes almost popped out on Mars. See that was from the lack of oxygen.
Is there something in space that sort of makes up for the lack of Oxygen?
Is that how the Sun keeps from fizzing away. My son has been asking me
about this and I've been telling him this business I heard about gravity
and all but golly space is so big and the sun even though it's small
compared to the earth is still much smaller than space if you know what I
mean. Something else has to be holding it together or else I have the whole
gravity wave thing wrong.
Thanks for you patience with a novice.

If you all don't mind I might as a couple other things about the Sun that
have been pondering me.

Thanks

Gig in MO

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has?

More importantly: If there is no air or gas in a Vacuum, why is a Vacuum
Cleaner so noisy???

jon

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:39:16 -0400, Davoud wrote:

Gig Thomas:

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has? Would all the gas be sucked off into space.

Space isn't a vacuum. Look up "Quantum Vacuum." While you're at it,
look up "Gravity."

and how Arnolds
eyes almost popped out on Mars.

That wasn't Mars. That was a movie set. And California is involved.

space is so big and the sun even though it's small
compared to the earth...

The sun is many, many times larger than the Earth.

If you all don't mind I might as a couple other things about the Sun that
have been pondering me.

You'll do yourself and your son a great service if you head to your
local library and get a beginner's-level book on astronomy.

Davoud


And remember, Google is your friend...

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:32:13 -0700, Gig Thomas
wrote:

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has? Would all the gas be sucked off into space.

A vacuum doesn't suck half as hard as this article does. I wonder why
my CRT hasn't become a black hole from displaying it.

A ball of gas WOULD be sucked off into space if its gravity did not overcome
the speed of the gases motion. The gravity of an object depends on its mass,
and therefore cannot be considered to be caused by external forces.
Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

More importantly: If there is no air or gas in a Vacuum, why is a Vacuum
Cleaner so noisy???

Cats, dogs, and small children have been wondering about that since the
invention of the device.....
g
Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

"Jon Isaacs" wrote in message
...
If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has?

More importantly: If there is no air or gas in a Vacuum, why is a Vacuum
Cleaner so noisy???

And if it's a vacuum, what is there to clean in the first place?

Gig Thomas wrote:

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as
some astronomers claim it has? Would all the gas be sucked off into space.
I remember seeing a move about outer space where a space mans suit had a
problem and his eyes popped out and all from the vacuum and how Arnolds
eyes almost popped out on Mars. See that was from the lack of oxygen.
Is there something in space that sort of makes up for the lack of Oxygen?
Is that how the Sun keeps from fizzing away. My son has been asking me
about this and I've been telling him this business I heard about gravity
and all but golly space is so big and the sun even though it's small
compared to the earth is still much smaller than space if you know what I
mean. Something else has to be holding it together or else I have the whole
gravity wave thing wrong.
Thanks for you patience with a novice.

If you all don't mind I might as a couple other things about the Sun that
have been pondering me.

Thanks

Gig in MO

BTW there is no "sucking"... atmospheric pressure comes from the
weight of the atmosphere, caused by the Earth's gravity.

Escape Velocity
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/phys...eVelocity.html

Atmospheric Pressure
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/phys...cPressure.html

Pressure
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Pressure.html