The NEW Ultimate Energy Limit of the Universe - YouTube - PBS Space Time - astrophysics - new episode

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Soace Telescope has discovered a new energy limit for the universe.It did so while studying supermassive black holes in the early universe,finding the new energy limit is 4,000 times greater than the old one,by studying the supermassive black hole LIG-568.The supermassive black hole's accretion disk (Active Galactic Nucleus) set the new record with its brightness.Sir Arthur Eddington is considered the father of astrophysics.He was the first scientist to verify Einstein's Theory of General Relativity by observing the bending of light caused by the Sun's gravity during a solar eclipse,which General Relativity predicted.He went on to develop the Eddington Limit.This holds that the maximum luminosity a body such as a star can achieve is balanced by the star's gravity going in.The state of balance is called hydrostatic equilibrium.There is a balance of the gas pressure pushing out and the gravity pulling in.In addition,photons,which Einstein described as packets of light,bounce off of electrons,a phenomenon called Thompson's scattering.In the most massive stars,this outward pressure starts to dominate.*This episode was presented and written by the Australian astrophysicist Dr.Matt O'Dowd.