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Everything has to take up space, so what is outer space taking up?
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October 13, 2005

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Joseph G. Moore
October 13, 2005 (changed October 13, 2005) Permalink

More space: someone more versed in astronomy can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe "outer space" just refers to spatially-extended bits of the universe beyond our galaxy. I'm not sure I agree, though, that everything has to take up space. What about numbers or colors or God(s)...?

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