If space is a vacuum, how is the temperature in space on average °2.7 Kelvin and not °0 Kelvin?

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If space is a vacuum, how is the temperature in space on average °2.7 Kelvin and not °0 Kelvin?

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Because space is NOT a vacuum.

Most of the matter is attracted to various gravity-producing bodies, but it’s not a true vacuum and as such will not have a complete absence of heat energy.

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