How does the Sun heat Earth but the space in between Earth and the Sun is cold?

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If the Sun is able to keep Earth warm while being millions of miles away, shouldn’t it get warmer and warmer the closer you get to it (like when you go to space)? Like how it would get warmer if you were to approach a burning house for example?

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Space is neither hot nor cold. It’s space, and it’s empty.

If there were an object, perhaps a satellite or the planet Mercury, those things get very warm while in space. But space itself has nothing to be warm.

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