Question

why can an X-ray telescope not be based on Earth?
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Answer 1

Hey dude,

The Earth's atmosphere blocks all X-rays from space, so space telescopes must be used to observe in these wavelengths. X-rays have such high energy that the typical reflecting telescope design used for radio, infrared and optical telescopes cannot be used as the X-rays would just penetrate into the mirror.

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