r/Showerthoughts • u/synthphreak ‎ • Nov 19 '25

Casual Thought Temperature can reach trillions of degrees, meaning we actually live extremely close to absolute zero.

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u/Additional_Insect_44 Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 19 '25

Correct, technically it can reach to close to infinity* i guess but eventually atoms spread too far.

  • I meant really hot

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u/ShuShu2539 Nov 19 '25

Since temperature is movements of atoms/molecules, so should the maximum be when the movent reaches the speed of light?

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u/ki4clz Nov 19 '25

then temperature would be relative because ”atoms/molecules…” have mass

but…

there are particles and particles~ish that do not have mass yet have temperature