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Where does the Hubble Space Telescope get the power to operate?
a clue-the sun Just like all modern electronic equipment, the Hubble Space Telescope needs electrical power to work.

Guess where that power comes from.

Nuclear reactors
A very long power cord
The Sun
An internal combustion engine

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