2007-12-16 20:15:15 · 5 answers · asked by Thunder Storm 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Sorry, I meant just beyond our atmosphere and and gravity, into certain undeniable space to what is the temperature? Or I could just settle for the temperature of our uppermost atmosphere.
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2007-12-18 20:34:31 · update #1
The "breach of space" is not easy to define. As we understand it today, the universe expands with time and space. Nothing can be 'outside' space and it would then be difficult to define the 'breach' of it. In any case, the temperature of 'space' away from clusters of galaxy is near 0 degrees Kelvin, which is the absolute zero, the temperature at which matter can't exist. Science believe that there isn't any space without a minimal form of energy and therefore, all space is at a temperature superior to 0 degrees Kelvin.
2007-12-16 20:41:23 · answer #1 · answered by Michel Verheughe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I recc'd the first answer... It's a good one, because, for my own reasoning, the word in your question, "breach", implies that something exists beyond space - and his answer includes that energy in some form or another would need to be on that "other side" of the breach. However, (and my understanding of his reply is that) since space is created by time and energy, there wouldn't be anything there - so there wouldn't be a "breach" to exist in the first place.
Interesting question... and I just wanted to add, having asked a similar question some years ago to my astronomy prof - his reply was "Space itself, as an absolute vacume, has no temperature because there is no "thing" in an absolute vacume in which energy can be absorbed - only objects in space contain energy..." and then he proceeded to define "objects" as both matter and many types of energy.
Of course, space does contain everything from stars to minimal energy, but in "massless space" the temperature is virtually absolute zero because whatever measuring device you had would quickly radiate all ITS energy away.
Now, my prof's answer was 20+years ago... but it is a practical answer, still.
2007-12-17 07:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by plenum222 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In deep space, the temperature is -273.4 degrees celsius I believe. That is absolute zero, where atoms have no heat energy what so ever. Also for the whole breach of space things, scientists theorize that space is like Earth in 4 dimensions. If you keep walking straight you are never going to stop, but jsut keep going around. Thus it is said the space has boundaries but no limits.
2007-12-17 17:48:05 · answer #3 · answered by matt d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what you mean by the "breach of space" however the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) measured the fluctuations of the background microwave radiation. It measured the temperature of space to be 2.7280 - 2.7281 Kelvin.
2007-12-17 07:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In order to receive a meaningful answer to this question, you need to define what you mean by "the breach of space".
2007-12-17 08:07:14 · answer #5 · answered by dansinger61 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋