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Does heat exist in a vacuum?

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Shahzaibkhan3745

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11y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

No. Heat is a measure of molecular energy in matter,

a true vacuum would not contain matter.

However, since there is no such thing as a complete vacuum, then Yes.

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