If empty space could be photographed, we'd see a sea of virtual particles that spring into existence and disappear. Researchers are just beginning to knock on the door of this weird, small world. Return to the Main Weird Page . It's embarrassing that 90 percent of the universe is unaccounted for. More About Nothing Albert Einstein , in presenting his special and general theories of relativity, was the first to suggest a fourth dimension, called space-time.
Gravity is the force that does the bending.
White likens the concept to pushing an inflated balloon with your finger. The dimple you create is similar to the effect that all matter has on space. White says we may never fully understand the nothingness of space, but with more sophisticated studies, we may eventually get used to the weird idea that nothing is always something. Return to the Main Weird Page .