eli5 Where does the heat go?

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How does the Earth and its various spheres lose heat?

This has stumped me since high school physics. I have an elementary understanding of how my coffee cup for radiates heat. However, I’ve always imagined that the vacuum of space would insulate the planet, or anything, like an invisible Yeti cup.

So, where does the heat go, and how does it get there?

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Radiation doesn’t need matter, just like the Sun heat the earth despite the vaccum between them.

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