an ultramicroscope -telescope fantasy question....

[lunaverde (Wayne)]

.....something to challenge the imagination... are you aware of any specific real...or science fiction data sources...of the creation of an powerful ultramicroscope theoretically capable of viewing the "infinitely small"... and that the "smaller " one proceeds that those images seen come to reflect astronomical universes that are similar to those universes viewed through our largest most sophisticated telescopes....and what if such an instrument were soooooo powerful that we just might view ourselves looking directlly at ourselves....so much for reputation points???? Respectfully submitted-Lunaverde

[CarlJoseph (Carl)]

Electron microscope, and then there's the colliders like the LHC, etc.

The more microscopic you get, the more you run into problems with the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle).

[that_guy (Tony)]

It really doesnt matter how "big" or sophisticated a telescope is. Theres limits to the observable universe. Can't see further then that cos the universe didnt exist back then. You got to remember, light travels at finite speed and will take millions and millions of years to reach us. Basically we're looking back in time. the more powerful a telescope, the more detailed view but we'll never see outside the observable universe from where we are atm

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

We can only see backwards in time.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by that_guy

It really doesnt matter how "big" or sophisticated a telescope is. Theres limits to the observable universe. Can't see further then that cos the universe didnt exist back then. You got to remember, light travels at finite speed and will take millions and millions of years to reach us. Basically we're looking back in time. the more powerful a telescope, the more detailed view but we'll never see outside the observable universe from where we are atm

Good answer Tony

[Draconis (Mick)]

I need one of these to see the poxy entree I had at my local restaurant the other day