PBS Space Time

The New Ultimate Energy Limit of the Universe (2024x31)

Air date: Dec 05, 2024

Is there a limit to how much energy you can cram into, or pull out of one patch of space? Well, we thought so, but the James Webb Space Telescope has found a quasar that simultaneously breaks a century-old theoretical limit and may explain the conundrum of gigantic black holes in the early universe.