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Why do we have a Space Telescope anyway?
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With a telescope above the Earth's atmosphere, astronomers can see things much more clearly. Also, they can see more faint and distant objects than ever before possible.

Hubble can see things 10 times sharper than a ground based telescope. So, astronomers can see the universe in much greater detail. And the more detail we can see, the more we can learn about how the universe works.

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