Why are telescopes like JWST orbiting Earth able to perform so much better than telescopes on Earth that aren’t restricted by their size?

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Why are telescopes like JWST orbiting Earth able to perform so much better than telescopes on Earth that aren’t restricted by their size?

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Because there’s no atmosphere in space. Earths atmosphere scatters and absorbs too much EM radiation to be able to get good images.

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