eli5: Why isn’t outer space hot (or at least not freezing)?

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The sun warms up our planet but space is cold. If I lit a candle and stood 20 feet away, I could see the light but not feel the warmth. So, why do we feel warmth from the sun but space isn’t warmed by it?

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You can’t warm nothing and space is a whole lot of nothing.

It’s the same reason hydroflasks work so well, they put a vacuum between the inner and outer walls and vacuums don’t allow much if any heat transfer

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