• Question: is it cold in space

    Asked by anon-186556 to Verity, Raquel, Danny, Catherine, Andy on 13 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Verity Hill

      Verity Hill answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Yes, it is very very cold – people freeze to death if they are left exposed. Heat is just the movement of molecules. Space is a vacuum and there are no molecules to move, so there is no heat!

    • Photo: Danny Ward

      Danny Ward answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Some parts of space can be very hot like around stars….but most of outer space is very very cold! Space is about -270.45 celcius. Room temperature on Earth is around 25 celcius so space can get chilly! ❄️

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