/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11239101
All smarty peeps smoke the holy cabbage.

>>8578099
Heat doesn't "rise" because it prefers to go up. You need to think why warmer atoms go upwards on earth to understand why your theory makes little sense.

Think about what energy (heat) does to say, a tank full of oxygen. If you put some warmer oxygen in, the warmer will go up because there is more kinetic energy in those oxygen atoms. Since gravity is in play, the atoms with less kinetic energy (the cooler ones) will fall lower because they're not bouncing around randomly as much.

But because atoms prefer to have lower energy, the kinetic energy will disapate into the cooler (lower energy) part of the oxygen tank mix. (2nd Law of Thermodynamics). The hotter oxygen atoms will therefore, not continue rising into space infinitely.

Hope this helps answer your question. Also:
>implying you need to be an astronomer to understand basic rules of thermodynamics

I wanna see behind the scenes more ;)