There are some highly philosophical thoughts on space and time that make no sense to me but one thing I gain is that space and time must occur together. Whenever you create here you create there andsince two physical objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. If object a can move to object b's position, there must be time. The same rules must apply whether or not there areobjects in the space. If however there is proof that a physical object exists then there must be space and time therefore if the Earth exists there must be space and time.