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Optical and radio telescopes are built on the ground but X-ray astronomy is possible only from satellites orbiting the earth. Why ?

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Optical and radiowaves can penetrate the atmosphere where as X-rays being of much smaller wavelength are absorbed by the atmosphere . That is why we can work with be used on the satellite orbiting above the earth's atmosphere.
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