Webb will allow us to see the faintest galaxies at the edge of the detectable, observable universe. The tiny specks of light in the background of the hobble deep field will brighten and become more detailed. So is katelyn just trying to go further and further back in time, or is she looking for something specific? Oh, she's looking for something that just gives me chills. What's you loking for, cosmic dawn? We are looking for the first light that turned on at the very beginning of cosmic time and its impact on its surroundings.
To look into deep space is to look back in time. With the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists hope to see “cosmic dawn,” a period long ago when the first starlight transformed the universe. But what happened before cosmic dawn? The Webb can’t tell us, though future telescopes could.
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