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>The space surrounding you may not have a temperature Just to be pedantic, it actually does, which is the microwave background radiation. But that doesn't detr
by NL807 2y ago
>The space surrounding you may not have a temperature
Just to be pedantic, it actually does, which is the microwave background radiation. But that doesn't detract anything from your point.
- winwang 2y agoIs that really "space" as opposed to "the lingering effects of the big bang"? (or less interestingly, the temperature of the CMB photon gas)
- danwills 2y agoI don't think a photon can exist outside of space, but I'd be very interested to hear of any alternate points of view on that!
- winwang 2y agoWhat I mean is that isn't the temperature of "space" -- if we're being pedantic. Such a temperature would presumably be measured by the blackbody radiation of... space, if space were a blackbody.
- rtkwe 2y agoThere's also ~80,000 molecules per cubic centimeter on the moon. It's extremely thin but there's still stuff out there it's just a VERY slow transfer because there are so few collisions compared to what you'd get on Earth.