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   telescope

   /ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/

   noun

   • 1. an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.
   • ▪ short for radio telescope

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller: "five steel sections that telescope into one another" Similar slide togethercollapse
   • ▪ crush (a vehicle) by the force of an impact: "he drove right into another car—telescoped it" Similar crushconcertinasquashcompactcompress
   • ▪ condense or conflate so as to occupy less space or time: "a large portion of the past had to be telescoped and summarized for her" Similar condenseshortenreduceabbreviateabridgesummarizeprecisabstractboil downshrinkencapsulatecuttruncatecurtailtrimconsolidateconflaterare:capsulizeOpposite amplify

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Italian telescopio or modern Latin telescopium, from tele- ‘at a distance’ + -scopium (see -scope).

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2. spaceplace.nasa.gov › telescopes › enHow Do Telescopes Work? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for...

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   Oct 11, 2024 · A telescope is a tool that astronomers use to see faraway objects. Most telescopes, and all large telescopes, work by using curved mirrors to gather and focus light from the night sky. The first telescopes focused light by using pieces of curved, clear glass, called lenses.

3. spaceplace.nasa.gov › james-webb-space-telescope › enWhat Is the James Webb Space Telescope? - NASA Space Place

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   Oct 11, 2024 · The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built. It will allow scientists to look at what our universe was like about 200 million years after the Big Bang. The telescope will be able to capture images of some of the first galaxies ever formed.

4. spaceplace.nasa.gov › hubble › enThe Amazing Hubble Telescope - NASA Space Place

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   Oct 11, 2024 · The Hubble Space Telescope is a large space telescope orbiting Earth. The telescope captures pictures of our universe to help scientists on Earth understand it better.

5. spaceplace.nasa.gov › menu › telescopeTelescope | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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   Oct 11, 2024 · Telescope. The Amazing Hubble Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is a large space telescope orbiting Earth. explore. What Is the James Webb Space Telescope? The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built. explore. How Do Telescopes Work?

6. spaceplace.nasa.gov › light-year › enWhat Is a Light-Year? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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   Oct 11, 2024 · An image of distant galaxies captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, RELICS; Acknowledgment: D. Coe et al. For most space objects, we use light-years to describe their distance. A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year.

7. spaceplace.nasa.gov › orbits › enWhat Is an Orbit? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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   Oct 11, 2024 · The Short Answer: An orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one. An object in an orbit is called a satellite. A satellite can be natural, like Earth or the Moon. Since the Earth orbits the Sun, you’re actually in orbit right now!

8. spaceplace.nasa.gov › menu › solarsystemTelescopes | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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   Sep 27, 2024 · How Do Telescopes Work? Telescopes use mirrors and lenses to help us see faraway objects. And mirrors tend to work better than lenses! Learn all about it here. Thirsty? Have a comet! Could they have brought the water to our planet? explore; Explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The windows show the Universe in all its colors. explore

9. spaceplace.nasa.gov › constellations › enWhat Are Constellations? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for...

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   Oct 11, 2024 · There are a few different definitions of constellations, but many people think of constellations as a group of stars. Often, it's a group of stars that looks like a particular shape in the sky and has been given a name. These stars are far away from Earth.

10. spaceplace.nasa.gov › nebula › enWhat Is a Nebula? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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    Oct 11, 2024 · Captured in infrared light by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI. Eventually, the clump of dust and gas gets so big that it collapses from its own gravity.

11. spaceplace.nasa.gov › satellite › enWhat Is a Satellite? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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    Oct 11, 2024 · A satellite is anything that orbits a planet or a star. Earth is a satellite orbiting the Sun. The Moon is a satellite orbiting Earth. When you launch a spacecraft into orbit around Earth, that’s a satellite, too. This kind of satellite can help us learn about Earth and the universe.