Is space hot

Answer 1

Neither. Or both, depending.....

The vacuum of space has no temperature; temperature is measured by the movement, the vibration, of energetic matter. The more energy, the more vibration, the higher the temperature. With no mass in space (or, essentially no mass, because there is no PERFECT vacuum) there isn't any way to calculate a temperature.

If YOU are in space, then the temperature will be determined by the amount of radiant energy - sunlight - that is hitting you. The more sunlight, the more it will heat you up. So the daylight side of the planet Mercury is about 400 degrees Celsius. No sunlight? Any mass will radiate energy into space at all times. If there is no incoming sunlight, then you'll lose energy until you freeze. The night side of Mercury is about negative 150 degrees C.

Answer 2

In general, space is very cold. Temperature in space can vary depending on where you are located, but on average it measures close to absolute zero or -270 degrees Celsius (-454 degrees Fahrenheit). However, objects in direct sunlight in space can become very hot due to the intense radiation from the sun.

Answer 3

Answer: Cold very very cold

Answer: "Space" is very large, and basically includes everything outside of Earth. Near the Sun or a star - even more so, inside it, if you choose to call that "space" - it is extremely hot. Far away from any star, it gets quite cold.

Answer 4

outer space is very huge. the light and heat of almost everything is coming from the stars which the sun is also a star. some places (for example Uranus) are far away from stars so they don't get enough light and heat.

Answer 5

It depends where you are in space, if you're close to a star it will be hundreds of degrees, if you're very far away from a star or in the shade it is Absolute Zero', -273.15C, or zero degrees Kelvin.

Answer 6

Because space is a vacuum, and has almost no matter, it is very difficult to store heat energy. There is, however, hydrogen and cosmic dust present, so there is a small amount of heat in space left over from the formation of the universe. A lot of people think that the temperature of space is 0 degrees Kelvin, or absolute zero. This is incorrect!!. The temperature of space is actually 2.73 degrees Kelvin, or -270.27 degrees centigrade. This is the closest naturally occurring temperature to absolute zero.

Answer 7

As hot as the surface of a star, about 5000 degrees Celsius if you are close to the sun but there are stars that are hotter.

In deep space though without stars around the temperature drops to minus 270 degrees.

Answer 8

Because there are no atoms in space because it is a vacuum. temperature is the average speed that the atoms are moving in a substance. because there are little to no atoms flying around in space, there is no average temperature so thats why it is so cold.

Answer 9

In areas that are not near a direct heat source, the only source of heat in space is cosmic background radiation, which is slightly weaker than the radiation emitted by your microwave oven. That means that there is only about 150 ° C (423.15 K) from radiation to combat what would otherwise be -273.15° C (0 K).

This means that the temperature in space is about -123.15° C, or 150 K, or -189.67° F.

This means that you would freeze to death within seconds of being exposed to space, with no stars nearby. Yes, it's cold.

Answer 10

Although space may seem dark, there is actually plenty of light that is invisible to the eye. Also, many of the stars seen in the night sky are trillions of light years away, making the light faint. Also, if you were to shine a flashlight through an empty room, you would not see the beam, but the point where it touches an object, like a wall. The air in-between does not reflect light. so similar in space, you would not see light beams, only light from where it touches planets/debris, or where its produced. the space in-between will not reflect light. The absence of light usually creates darkness, or blackness, which results in the darkness of space.