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There are three ways to transfer heat:1. Conduction

2. Convection

3. Radiation

Only the third way works in the case of a vacuum. In this third way, the radiation in question is electromagnetic waves - usually infrared (it depends on the temperature of the object). Just like light - which is also an electromagnetic radiation - other electromagnetic waves travel especially well through empty space.

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