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In simple terms space it not chilly but vacuum, so the heat can't go anywhere.

• MichaelApproved 8y ago
  It's not that heat can't go anywhere, it's that there's nothing to carry heat away. On Earth, air molecules can carry heat away from you. You transfer heat to the air around you. In space, there is almost no matter around you to absorb the heat and carry it away from you. Your only option is to radiate heat away from you in the form of infrared light but that is a slow process.
  • Ensorceled 8y ago
    > It's not that heat can't go anywhere, it's that there's nothing to carry heat away So ... the heat stays put and doesn’t go anywhere?
    • CamTin 8y ago
      It doesn't go anywhere except by radiation, which sucks as a way to cool things compared to conduction.