eli5: Why is it temperatures can go up to the trillions but only down to -273?

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eli5: Why is it temperatures can go up to the trillions but only down to -273?

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Because cold doesn’t exist. It’s just a lack of heat. Just like shadow is lack of light.

You’re confused because you’re using wrong scale, -273 Celcius is 0 Kelvin. And you can’t go below zero.

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