[ELI5] Would something stay hot in the space forever since there is nothing to transfer its heat?

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[ELI5] Would something stay hot in the space forever since there is nothing to transfer its heat?

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No it won’t. All objects above absolute zero temperature radiate heat electromagnetically. Eventually it will hit some equilibrium (from taking in energy from nearby stars etc) but that equilibrium in deep space would be fairly cold (unless the object were near a star of course)

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