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Radiation aligned according to wavelength and frequency.

• electromagnetic spectrum

• telescope

• UV radiation

• electric signals

Collect electromagnetic radiation from distant objects and focus it so that an image of the object can be recorded

• telescope

• UV radiation

• frequency

• spacecraft

These make observations from above Earth’s atmosphere and can also be sent directly to the bodies being observed

• spacecraft

• space shuttle program

• wavelength

• refracting telescope

Change something to suit a new purpose. 

• adapt

• refracting telescope

• infrared radiation

• electric signals

The bending of light, sound, water, and other waves as they pass from one medium to another

• refraction

• electric signals

• interferometry

• spinoff technology

Telescopes collect this over the course of minutes or hours to create images of distant solar bodies.

• light

• spinoff technology

• electromagnetic spectrum

• infrared radiation

Spacecraft that can make close-up observations and sometimes land to collect information directly.

• robotic probes

• infrared radiation

• light

• Hubble Space Telescope

The process of linking several telescopes together to function as one.

• interferometry

• space shuttle program

• our atmosphere

• electric signals

The distance between peaks of a wave.

• wavelength

• frequency

• altitude

• light

This telescope was designed to obtain sharp visible-light images without atmospheric interference and to make observations in infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths. It orbits the Earth and can be worked on by astronauts for repairs.

• Hubble Space Telescope

• James Webb Telescope

• electric signals

• refraction