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		mr_toad 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much soo... No, all objects with non-zero temperature radiate heat. Stars, white dwarfs, black holes, even the universe itself.

blueflow 8 months ago [–]

I said

  inert rock at background temperature

so radiated and absorbed heat should already be accounted for, right?

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