← PBS Space Time · Season 2024

The NEW Ultimate Energy Limit of the Universe

S2024 · E31 · 05 Dec 2024 · 18 min

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.