How cold is space exactly, and how do we measure it?

How cold is space exactly, and how do we measure it?


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Well, in one sense you'd be right. If you were an astronaut on the International Space Station, when you were on the dark side of the Earth in the Earth's shadow, the temperature


outside would be a chilly -150 degrees. Freezing! (Well, 150 degrees below freezing.)