Satellites designed to observe the radiation from cold (3 K) dark space have sensors

Chapter 14, Problem 23

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Satellites designed to observe the radiation from cold (3 K) dark space have sensors that are shaded from the Sun, Earth, and Moon and that are cooled to very low temperatures. Why must the sensors be at low temperature?

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