James Webb Telescope capability ?

blackskynet · Jun 21, 2012

Our Universe is 13.5 Billion Years old approximately. Till now Hubble telescope has discovered galaxy at 13.2 billion light-years ago. Is it possible for James Webb Telescope to discover object or galaxy prior to 13.5 Billion Years old?

Drakkith · Jun 21, 2012

It is not possible for any telescope to see earlier than about 300,000 years after the universe began. Prior to this the universe was opaque to light. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe

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