What would happen if we could zoom in with a microscope infinitely? Would we keep seeing more detail or is there a ‘cut off’ where we can’t see any more detail?

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What would happen if we could zoom in with a microscope infinitely? Would we keep seeing more detail or is there a ‘cut off’ where we can’t see any more detail?

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The theoretical cut off, plank length, is quite interesting. As other posters say to measure smaller and smaller things you need shorter wavelengths of light. And shorter wavelengths of light need more energy to produce.

Now, if you tried to make light with a wavelength of plank length each photon would have so much energy they would immediately turn in to miniature black holes and disappear.

This is all just theoretical of course.