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Asked by georgiawheelerxo to Charlotte, Colin, Becki, Rick on 26 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by sajakamareddine, sofiahyseni, datbagofswags, hollierose.
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Rick Smith answered on 26 Jun 2013:
Well, the sky is the atmosphere around the earth, and the earth is a sphere, that means the sky is like a shell around the earth so I guess you would say that the sky is a hollow sphere. Kind of like the skin off an onion or something…
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Charlotte Dalton answered on 27 Jun 2013:
that depends how far you consider the sky to go, if you mean up to the official ‘space’ boundary I would say it is a sphere (ish) with Earth in the middle like a malteser 🙂 as to what shape space is though I have no idea!
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Rebecca Scott answered on 27 Jun 2013:
As Rick and Charlotte say, if you think about the outer limit of the atmosphere around the Earth, then it is spherical. But I guess if you consider sky as the atmosphere and air around us, then it is a really weird shape as air fills all the gaps. The sky is made up of different layers as well, so I guess in that sense you need to be thinking of a hoola-hoop type shape for the different layers, and something weirdly shaped for the air immediately around us…
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