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33: Q&A - The Year in Space

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JWST Can Look Further Back in Time?

The year began with the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and it seems that our listeners aren't either because we've had quite few questions. Fernando has emailed to ask since JWST can look further back in time with its infrared lens it made me consider what if you could look back extremely far back in time so much so thatyou could look back to the origin of the universe. What is the limit to how far telescopes can see and could you hypothetically look at the start of the Big Bang? Robert: We're quite a long way from having you know home gravitational wave detectors but I guarantee that if anybody comes up with an affordable one I will consider it and it will be on

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