“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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wraith3845
October 25, 2019 at 4:34 pm
The sun has nothing on you……..
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?
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.*
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.
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?
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!
Thomas Noller
October 28, 2019 at 1:48 pm
I love the background music
Kelvin Tan
October 29, 2019 at 2:18 pm
Celsius not found
AiBot F2P
October 29, 2019 at 2:18 pm
Celsius not found
botBot
October 29, 2019 at 2:18 pm
Celsius not found
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! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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😂😂
Matt Murdock
November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am
*If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵
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……
Asthc_ Prmour
November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am
*If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵
Youtube User
November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am
*If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵
Balòr Fan
November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am
*If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵
Sen Bhapiro
November 20, 2019 at 7:31 am
*If space is cold then how TF is this girl so hot?* 😵
Allen Rod
December 20, 2019 at 8:23 am
Is this chick from Caaoowwlifornia?
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.
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.
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.
jelani abii
March 7, 2020 at 10:45 pm
No facts just hearsay
Doelow Da Pilotman
April 27, 2020 at 4:03 pm
this is wrong
MegaTphan
April 30, 2020 at 3:15 am
Hi are you smart
LIL JON'S
May 21, 2020 at 7:48 am
What happens to air let out in space?
Tsunami Fit
May 26, 2020 at 5:47 am
Ok….That’s a bunch of BS🤢
Dr. SalvadordeBien. 03
June 2, 2020 at 5:23 am
Perfect creation of God!
AUTOR MÚSICA: WILLY ROME
June 2, 2020 at 5:23 am
Perfect creation of God!
Joe K
June 27, 2020 at 11:20 pm
Yolt makes me want to be sick. Ban this ad.
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 .
Mango
July 2, 2020 at 3:32 pm
Sun is cold! period.
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.
YouAreCreators
July 30, 2020 at 7:10 pm
🤔 Something isn’t adding up
HUEKID
September 9, 2020 at 6:49 pm
Phillip Stephens
August 4, 2020 at 6:16 pm
Makes no sense none whatsoever
Godfrey Mohale
August 31, 2020 at 1:17 am
There is no fire on the sun.
Jack Dolah
September 6, 2020 at 9:46 pm
God damn it she’s gorgeous ❤️
The Stockwell
November 5, 2020 at 12:51 am
Why does Voyager report temperatures outside of the heliosphere at 50,000 degrees Celsius?