i know we can look back along ways in time with the hubble and the other telescopes. but if we got an even better one could we look all the way back?
2007-05-23 10:28:06 · 3 answers · asked by SHELLTOE BISCUITS 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The farthest back in time we can see using visible, infrared, UV, and microwave detection instruments is about 380,000 years after the BB (when the cosmic microwave background or CMB formed).
I doubt we'll ever be able to see the BB itself.
2007-05-23 14:52:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not possible to look directly at the Big Bang because the Big Bang created space itself and therefore the Big Bang has no specific location. Having no specfic loaction one cannot see the explosion istelf but on the other hand we can view its effect indirectly by studying the Cosmic Background Radiaton, which is the wavelength of light and heat itself from the Big Bang being shifted to the microwaves due to the increase in the size of the Universe (the same principle of red-shifted light but on a much larger scale)
2007-05-23 10:57:19 · answer #2 · answered by Warren Saliba 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible, but it would be very hard to to do. That is "IF" the Big Bang happened. You would need a very powerful telescope to do that.
2007-05-23 10:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋