The Third Potential Future Telescope That Could Take Us Back Before Radio Waves

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Lisa is a telescope that would detect waves of gravity. It could potentially detect gravitational waves from right after the big bang, from the hot soup phase of the universe. The entire moon could act as a giant shield to block out radio waves. We can see ourselves getting wobbly in circusy or at least like detect these waves.

To look into deep space is to look back in time. Ahead of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, Unexplainable talked to scientists who hope to see “cosmic dawn,” a period long ago when the first starlight transformed the universe.

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