During the First Year of Its Operation, Only 20% of the Projects

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Essay

During the first year of its operation, only 20% of the projects scheduled for the Hubble Space Telescope involved taking images and pictures of celestial objects. The remaining 80% of the telescope's time was devoted to observing the spectrum of celestial objects.
Why do astronomers place such a high emphasis on looking at the spectrum of a celestial object rather than an image? Explain.

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Definitions:

Lateralization

The preference of certain brain functions or thought processes to be more prevalent in one brain hemisphere over the other.

Neurogenesis

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Plasticity

the capacity of the brain to change and adapt in response to experience, injury, or environment, including the formation of new neural connections.

Environmental Influences

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