2006-07-19 06:18:25 · 9 answers · asked by Patrick H 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Temperature in space is just above absolute zero, 2.72º Kelvin, and it corresponds to the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. This temperature is very constant across the sky, however there are some irregularities at a level of a few millionths of a degree.
The existence of a non-zero temperature in space would support the Big Bang Theory, it would be the leftover energy of this event.
2006-07-19 06:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by Nacho Massimino 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well there really is no temperature in space. We measure temperature by the kinetic energy contained in the molecules around us. Since space has no molecules, it has no temperature. However, heat can radiate, and if you put an object in space, it would absorb the reeased heat from nearby heat-generating bodies (like the sun, for example), and the object would have a temperature. What temperature will that object be anywhere in space? There really is no set answer. It's all dependent on the heat sources surrounding it, and how far away they are. Some places will be over a million degrees. Some places are almost sub zero. This is like asking the temperature of the ocean. It changes depending on the day and the location.
2006-07-19 13:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few degrees above absolute zero, except for the space near a star. Temperature implies that there is matter zipping around. Even in intergalactic space, you may find an atom or two within a cubic mile of space. So, it's not absolute zero anywhere.
2006-07-20 01:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temperature in space depends on the distance to the nearest heat source. At our location (earth, that is) a thermometer in the sunlight (in space) would read about 250 or so degrees, but in shadow about 200 or so degrees below zero, fahrenheit. This is because there is no fluid (air) to dispurse the heat, as there is on the earth.
2006-07-19 13:29:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general, somewhat above 0 degrees Kelvin, and becoming zero degrees Kelvin where there is an absolute vacuum.
2006-07-19 13:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by dig4words 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I learned at a space center, If your on the side of the earth where you can't see the sun, its about -3,000 Degrees. When your on the side where you can see the sun, its about 5,000 Degrees.
2006-07-19 14:59:03 · answer #6 · answered by professor_brett 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it supposed to be hotter because there is no atmosphere that would regulate the temperature from the heat emmitted by the sun?
2006-07-19 13:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by gameplan_xtreme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In space no one can hear you thermomete!
2006-07-19 13:35:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how close you are to something that is emitting energy.....from hot as hell to cold as hell
2006-07-19 13:55:08 · answer #9 · answered by dyno_bot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋