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Light beams CAN go through an object, but most of the time they are refracted if they do, meaning the light rays are bent. If you've seen the Pink Floyd album cover with the prism and rainbow coming out, you can see the light beam goes through the prism but the different types of light in the light beam are broken up in to the rainbow

Light can't always go through an object, though. If you hold up a rock (like granite) to light, the light wont go through it, although it might go around the rock, called diffraction.

Windows, TV screens, lenses, ice cubes, light bulbs, diamonds - all these work or look better because light can go through them.

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