Telescopes
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- What is the James Webb Space Telescope and what advances will this telescope allow for?
- What are x-ray telescopes useful for?
- What advantages does a telescope located outside the earth's atmosphere have over a land-based telescope?
- What are some problems with refracting telescopes?
- What advancements did Galileo make in the history of telescopes?
- What is a reflector telescope?
- What is a refractor telescope?
- What are the basic principles that allow a telescope to function?
- How did Isaac Newton revolutionize the use of telescopes?
- Where is the nearest detectable dark matter?
- Why are telescopes placed on mountains?
- Why are telescopes launched into space?
- How far can modern telescopes see?