From the October 2008 issue

Bob Berman’s strange universe: Plenty of nothing

December 2008: Space is as important as the solid matter it surrounds.
By | Published: October 27, 2008 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

This darkest month naturally invokes the mood and blackness of space. But space is an odd thing. It’s widely envisioned as a wall-less container that bounds the universe — and yet is hard to examine.