stackyFACTSRefracting light through giant lenses acts like a cheap carnival trick, splitting wavelengths and creating awful colored halos. Isaac Newton bypassed this visual failure by inventing a tube that bounces inbound starlight off flawless curved mirrors, ensuring distant galaxies do not look like smeared rainbow paint.
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