KrangQQ

KrangQQ t1_j25jvqe wrote

As far as we know (today), before the recombination the universe was an opaque hot, dense plasma of photons, leptons and quarks. It was first after the recombination photons could "travel" without more or less instantly interacting with something.

That said, the opaque plasma would probably act as a "shield" and prevent us from look into a previous universe (if there was a universe before the one we experience).

2