how does combining multiple telescopes which are geographically far apart make one “super telescope”?

Question

I’ve looked it up and there’s lots of things telling me what interferometry is but not how it works. Interference waves doing magic?

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Answer 1

I interpret your question to be about the importance of the distance between the individual telescopes. That improves the angular resolution, which is “a major determinant of image resolution”. (Wikipedia)