We know that the universe has a beginning, with the immense explosion of an extremely small, dense and hot nucleus. In 15 billion years, the energy that expanded to fill the void gave birth to matter, which diversified into galaxies, stars, planets, single-cell organisms and, finally, human beings.
Astrophysicists respond in the negative.
But it will take more than increasingly powerful telescopes to resolve the enigma of our beginnings. The universe was so dense throughout its first 300,000 years that there was no propagation of light. The cosmos was entirely opaque. Our telescopes, such as they are, could never hurdle this natural barrier. Physicists continue striving toward their goal by turning down different paths.