A new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics by three researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands has dramatically
The big bang was the start of the observable universe as we know it. That is a very important distinction.There is no telling what is beyond what we can observe. Science has no apparatus for guessing what is beyond the 13 (or is 14) billion light-year mark. It could be that that line is the limit of existence. It could be that there is infinite nothing beyond it. It could be that we are just one pocket in a greater universe. We do not know, and honestly I don’t think there will ever be a way for us to know for sure.
Advancements in gravitational wave observations may allow us to “see” past the CMB. That would push back the time we can observe but likely won’t change the fundamental limit you’re describing.
The big bang was the start of the observable universe as we know it. That is a very important distinction.There is no telling what is beyond what we can observe. Science has no apparatus for guessing what is beyond the 13 (or is 14) billion light-year mark. It could be that that line is the limit of existence. It could be that there is infinite nothing beyond it. It could be that we are just one pocket in a greater universe. We do not know, and honestly I don’t think there will ever be a way for us to know for sure.
Advancements in gravitational wave observations may allow us to “see” past the CMB. That would push back the time we can observe but likely won’t change the fundamental limit you’re describing.