Space Telescope

Space Telescopes can see better than ones on Earth, but that makes them at least 10x more expensive!

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Astronomers put telescopes in space so they can take better pictures of space, than we can on Earth. Sometimes this is because they do not suffer from problems because of the weather. Sometimes this is because the Earth's atmosphere blocks different types of light. Because of this, space telescopes can help astronomers find things they never would have seen before.

The Hubble Space Telescope with Earth in the background in 2002. Picture taken from space shuttle Columbia, after a servicing mission. Credits: NASA