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What advantage do space telescopes have over telescopes used on earth?

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They are Not affected by Earth's atmosphere

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Earth's atmosphere blocks many types of light including gamma, x-rays most ultraviolet and infrared. So optical telescopes that use visible light and ultraviolet telescopes that are used to study very hot stars are much less effective on Earth.
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