Question

Why are telescopes launched into space?

Answer 1

Space telescopes avoid many of the problems of ground-based observatories, such as light pollution and distortion of electromagnetic radiation (scintillation). In addition, ultraviolet frequencies, X-rays and gamma rays are blocked by the Earth's atmosphere, so they can only be observed from space.

Answer 2

Astronomers use telescopes because they're much better than our eyes. Here are a few reasonsTelescopes see lots of colors - telescopes can collect light that our eyes are unable to radio, microwave, infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays and gamma rays.