\nThe temperature in space, away from any heat-producing features, is meant to be around 2.7K. By comparison, 0°C is 273K.<\/p>\n
Temperature, as I’ve been taught since grade 10 physical science, is a measure of the kinetic energy of the resident particles. With no resident particles, how can one achieve a temperature? Moreover, why does “no temperature” mean “cold”?\n<\/p>\n
A post at physics.stackexchange.com<\/a> explains that an area’s temperature can be thought of as its impact on the temperature of a body that enters it. Therefore, space is cold because anything that enters it will radiate heat until it’s<\/em> cold.<\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n discovermagazine<\/a><\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about thermodynamics: the tutor imagines the temperature in space and why it’s meant to be so cold. The temperature in space, away from any heat-producing features, is meant to be around 2.7K. By comparison, 0°C is 273K. Temperature, as …<\/p>\n