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?