Eli5: Why is the universe/ space so cold if there is nearly no matter?

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I always thought that the term „temperature“ describes the amount of movement in matter on a microscope scale. The movement of atoms. So how can there be a temperature in space if there is a vacuum?

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Who told you it’s cold or hot? Some matter told you that. Same way matter = planets gets hot or cold. The vast majority of emptiness in the Universe is generally temperature less unless some matter is there to reflect. It is cold relative to human perspective, but it maybe just x = normal for universe’s perspective.

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