nature abhors a vacuum

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Generating and maintaining a near-vacuum is challenging (requiring technical rigor) because ambient pressure tends to push matter forcefully into the evacuated chamber; and generating a true vacuum (devoid of any matter at all) is extremely challenging. idiomatic

— The development of practical electric light bulbs was challenging not least because nature abhors a vacuum: removing all air from the bulbs was not as easy as it at first seemed.
Generating a vacuum is impossible (a vacuum can never exist) owing to the inherent nature of the universe. idiomatic

— The ancients believed that nature abhors a vacuum.
A power vacuum will usually be filled quickly.