In Rutherford’s gold foil experiment most of the $\alpha$ - particles pass through the gold foil without any deviation from their paths. This indicates that

The Scientist Rutherford is made $\alpha$ ray experiment by using thin gold foil around one meter radius of an atom. He was observed that most of the $\alpha$-particles passing through an atom of gold foil without any deviation of their path. Hence, he made a statement that most of the atom has empty space.