On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 05:48:37 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:
Stupidly, I was actually hoping that they could build scopes large
enough
to see the brightest objects at the edge of the known universe.

We've already done that. The largest telescope at any time will see
the brightest objects at the edge of the known universe, because
anything beyond that will also be beyond the known universe...