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Remon
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I'm a bit confused because the sun's radiation & heat are passing through space (with some passing through planets' atmospheres), and there is almost nothing in space, therefore, how does that immense heat & light just diminish over AU distances when its going through almost nothingness? What absorbs or transforms both of these energies (especially heat, since we can still see the sun from much further away)? Do the planets, asteroids, gasses/dust, and other small objects in space absorb the sun's total energy? So basically, where does all that heat go?
I guess a more broad/general question would be why is outer space so cold when there's billions of stars constantly warming it? An even broader question would be why do some scientists believe that the universe is going to end in a "big freeze"? (you don't have to answer that last one lol)
I guess a more broad/general question would be why is outer space so cold when there's billions of stars constantly warming it? An even broader question would be why do some scientists believe that the universe is going to end in a "big freeze"? (you don't have to answer that last one lol)