Moreover, if spacetime is made of tiny steps, then energy release must also have an upper limit—just like how nothing can go faster than the speed of light. Interestingly, this maximum power, called Planck power, is “unimaginably large (10⁵³ watts) but still limited,” Wieland explained.
“If my theoretical considerations prove true, it will be possible to break down the power of gravitational waves into the smallest quanta,” he added.
A part of the ongoing quest
Since the 1930s, it has been believed that general relativity and quantum mechanics don’t share any connection. However, as research delves deeper into quantum physics and macroscopic phenomena like black holes, the need to unify these theories has become increasingly clear.