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If The Sun Is Hot, How Is Outer Space Cold?

“If the sun is hot how is outer space cold ?” Excellent question, Jacoby Brissett, current quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts. It turns out that outer space is full of extreme temperatures. The sun is a ball of gas and fire measuring around 27 million degrees Fahrenheit at its core and 10,000 degrees at its…

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“If the sun is hot how is outer space cold ?” Excellent question, Jacoby Brissett, current quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts.

It turns out that outer space is full of extreme temperatures. The sun is a ball of gas and fire measuring around 27 million degrees Fahrenheit at its core and 10,000 degrees at its surface. Meanwhile, the cosmic background temperature—that is, the average temperature of outer space—hovers at negative 455 Fahrenheit. The real oddity is Earth.

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  1. wraith3845

    October 25, 2019 at 4:34 pm

    The sun has nothing on you……..

  2. HAMDANI YUSUF

    October 26, 2019 at 2:13 am

    Equating heat and infrared radiation is misleading. Infrared is used for fiber optic communication without much heat loss. Extremely low and high temperature objects only radiate small portion in infrared range.

    • Lethe

      July 29, 2020 at 8:45 am

      Obviously it’s not the same magnitude, but how else do you think heat moves through space?

  3. D4md Cykey

    October 26, 2019 at 9:21 am

    Great, another video with pointless and distracting background music. Luckily it is not quite so bad on this particular video, but it’s still there. Listen, I love your magazine, I really enjoy your content here, but this is a serious question that has perplexed me: what is the deal with _so many_ videos these days having disruptive background music, because it is very prevalent in recent years on alot of channels. Is it money, do channels get a fee for playing someones “music”? Is it poor editing equipment and it is not realized until after upload? Are all sound engineers tone deaf nowadays? You don’t even need background music _at all,_ so it’s not as if it adds anything to a video about the sun, etc. Apologies for the mini-rant but it’s getting so I cannot enjoy content hardly anywhere anymore and I cannot wrap my brain around such an unforced error as this or understand how it has become the ‘norm’.

    • RobbyWorld1

      October 26, 2019 at 11:54 pm

      I was wondering if I was the only one who felt this way. Get rid of the needless music in ALL videos!!!

    • Destroyer

      December 17, 2019 at 2:30 am

      @D4md Cykey Also I can read perfectly fine it’s just that you have a problem with someone questioning you while you complain about something so ridiculous *old man.* Make your comeback to prove my point..

    • Bitzian

      December 17, 2019 at 2:30 am

      @D4md Cykey Also I can read perfectly fine it’s just that you have a problem with someone questioning you while you complain about something so ridiculous *old man.* Make your comeback to prove my point..

    • DemonKun

      December 17, 2019 at 2:30 am

      @D4md Cykey Also I can read perfectly fine it’s just that you have a problem with someone questioning you while you complain about something so ridiculous *old man.* Make your comeback to prove my point..

    • Destroyer

      December 17, 2019 at 2:30 am

      @D4md Cykey I’m waiting…

    • Bitzian

      December 17, 2019 at 2:30 am

      @D4md Cykey I’m waiting…

    • DemonKun

      December 17, 2019 at 2:30 am

      @D4md Cykey I’m waiting…

    • Destroyer

      December 17, 2019 at 2:31 am

      @D4md Cykey cmon I’m waiting jeez you’re so slow I guess you really are a *old man.*

    • Bitzian

      December 17, 2019 at 2:31 am

      @D4md Cykey cmon I’m waiting jeez you’re so slow I guess you really are a *old man.*

    • DemonKun

      December 17, 2019 at 2:31 am

      @D4md Cykey cmon I’m waiting jeez you’re so slow I guess you really are a *old man.*

    • D4md Cykey

      December 18, 2019 at 2:33 am

      @Destroyer ~ Bahahaha, three back-to-back posts, it’s almost like you are unnerved. Nah, you’re not a spastic, short-attention span kid at all. This may blow your mind, but not everyone sits on YouTube all night waiting for the off-chance of comment responses to fill the empty void in their life and a desperate need for external validation. Some of us actually have lives, and family, and jobs.

    • D4md Cykey

      December 18, 2019 at 2:33 am

      @Bitzian ~ Bahahaha, three back-to-back posts, it’s almost like you are unnerved. Nah, you’re not a spastic, short-attention span kid at all. This may blow your mind, but not everyone sits on YouTube all night waiting for the off-chance of comment responses to fill the empty void in their life and a desperate need for external validation. Some of us actually have lives, and family, and jobs.

    • D4md Cykey

      December 18, 2019 at 2:33 am

      @DemonKun ~ Bahahaha, three back-to-back posts, it’s almost like you are unnerved. Nah, you’re not a spastic, short-attention span kid at all. This may blow your mind, but not everyone sits on YouTube all night waiting for the off-chance of comment responses to fill the empty void in their life and a desperate need for external validation. Some of us actually have lives, and family, and jobs.

    • Destroyer

      December 18, 2019 at 2:49 am

      @D4md Cykey Ah… there you go again assuming my real life why are you even bringing your personal life in a youtube comment you are starting to make me wonder are you close to hitting that point in life? I guess you must be a *old man* for real…well go ahead tell me some more of your story’s *old man.*

    • Bitzian

      December 18, 2019 at 2:49 am

      @D4md Cykey Ah… there you go again assuming my real life why are you even bringing your personal life in a youtube comment you are starting to make me wonder are you close to hitting that point in life? I guess you must be a *old man* for real…well go ahead tell me some more of your story’s *old man.*

    • DemonKun

      December 18, 2019 at 2:49 am

      @D4md Cykey Ah… there you go again assuming my real life why are you even bringing your personal life in a youtube comment you are starting to make me wonder are you close to hitting that point in life? I guess you must be a *old man* for real…well go ahead tell me some more of your story’s *old man.*

  4. Robert Flinn

    October 26, 2019 at 4:07 pm

    I find the production of these videos very gimmicky with the side camera shooting of the speaker not looking into the camera. What’s the point? Proving you have more than one camera?

    • mongral59

      October 26, 2019 at 5:58 pm

      its just a fast way to cut scenes and edit the video down every time there is a mistake.

  5. Bob Flinn

    October 26, 2019 at 4:07 pm

    I find the production of these videos very gimmicky with the side camera shooting of the speaker not looking into the camera. What’s the point? Proving you have more than one camera?

  6. S R creative mind

    October 26, 2019 at 5:51 pm

    Is it possible to have bones denser than they already are; If it is then bones with higher density can prevent, fractures, breaks, and be the soloution to people which are abnormally taller than 7′ 6″ because of the durability, Right!

  7. Thomas Noller

    October 28, 2019 at 1:48 pm

    I love the background music

  8. Kelvin Tan

    October 29, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    Celsius not found

  9. AiBot F2P

    October 29, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    Celsius not found

  10. botBot

    October 29, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    Celsius not found

  11. साहस और बहादुरी मेरी पहचान है

    November 15, 2019 at 4:23 am

    The last “Atleast for now” sounded bad, scientists are really concerned nowadays about the pollution we are doing. We should spread awareness quickly! Love from India! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  12. Réka Johansson

    November 15, 2019 at 4:23 am

    The last “Atleast for now” sounded bad, scientists are really concerned nowadays about the pollution we are doing. We should spread awareness quickly! Love from India! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  13. Neowise Observer

    November 15, 2019 at 4:23 am

    The last “Atleast for now” sounded bad, scientists are really concerned nowadays about the pollution we are doing. We should spread awareness quickly! Love from India! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • Vaibhav Phuloria

      July 20, 2020 at 8:33 am

      when she said that I actually said Don’t saayy that😂😂

  14. Matt Murdock

    November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am

    *If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵

  15. Youtube Comment

    November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am

    *If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵

    • Antichrys

      April 3, 2020 at 8:21 pm

      Because the attraction to her amongst many nerds such as ourselves elevates internal body temperatures passes from comment to comment via the magnetic impulses running through the interconnected particles that circumnavigate our planet in a runaway process that i just made up somewhere in the back of my head called:

      Hornduction

      im so bored right now……

  16. Asthc_ Prmour

    November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am

    *If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵

  17. Youtube User

    November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am

    *If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵

  18. Balòr Fan

    November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am

    *If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵

  19. Sen Bhapiro

    November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am

    *If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵

  20. Allen Rod

    December 20, 2019 at 8:23 am

    Is this chick from Caaoowwlifornia?

  21. Sonic Boom

    January 19, 2020 at 8:32 pm

    Just a remainder to all scientists out there that Fahrenheit is not scientific unit of temperature.

  22. Manuel Pedro

    January 28, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    So the Sun is electric, thanks for confirming the Electric Universe Theory and debunking your primitive theory of hydrogen bombs explosions.

  23. Brother Mine

    February 17, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    Neglected the obvious companion question, whether someone in the vacuum of space would feel cold, with so few molecules to bump into.

  24. jelani abii

    March 7, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    No facts just hearsay

  25. Doelow Da Pilotman

    April 27, 2020 at 4:03 pm

    this is wrong

  26. MegaTphan

    April 30, 2020 at 3:15 am

    Hi are you smart

  27. LIL JON'S

    May 21, 2020 at 7:48 am

    What happens to air let out in space?

  28. Tsunami Fit

    May 26, 2020 at 5:47 am

    Ok….That’s a bunch of BS🤢

  29. Dr. SalvadordeBien. 03

    June 2, 2020 at 5:23 am

    Perfect creation of God!

  30. AUTOR MÚSICA: WILLY ROME

    June 2, 2020 at 5:23 am

    Perfect creation of God!

  31. Joe K

    June 27, 2020 at 11:20 pm

    Yolt makes me want to be sick. Ban this ad.

  32. Watcharin Vorapan

    June 28, 2020 at 5:27 am

    Outer worlds not have anything for storage hot matter , soil, water, wind, and fire s storage .

  33. Mango

    July 2, 2020 at 3:32 pm

    Sun is cold! period.

  34. Lethe

    July 29, 2020 at 8:32 am

    0:27 No it does not (unless you count the nearly irrelevant rogue atoms), space is no temperature. You can jump out into space naked, you won’t notice any significant cold before dieing from lack of oxygen (or touching a large object). The only, significant, way you loose heat in space is radiation.

  35. YouAreCreators

    July 30, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    🤔 Something isn’t adding up

    • HUEKID

      September 9, 2020 at 6:49 pm

  36. Phillip Stephens

    August 4, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    Makes no sense none whatsoever

  37. Godfrey Mohale

    August 31, 2020 at 1:17 am

    There is no fire on the sun.

  38. Jack Dolah

    September 6, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    God damn it she’s gorgeous ❤️

  39. The Stockwell

    November 5, 2020 at 12:51 am

    Why does Voyager report temperatures outside of the heliosphere at 50,000 degrees Celsius?

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