The Brightest Light Ever Made By Humans

Watch Becky Stern’s Shenzen series on Nebula! https://nebula.tv/videos/beckystern-how-pcbs-and-leds-are-made-made-in-shenzhen?ref=joescott For most of human history, the brightest man-made light was just firelight. But around the turn of the century, artificial light came on the scene and the race to create the brightest light ever was on, and it continues to this day. In fact we have created light that is brighter than the sun. Brighter than a nuclear weapon. By tens of millions of times. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: https://laughsmarter.com Book of Mysteries: https://a.co/d/0gRx0qvM Documentary: https://nebula.tv/oldestnewest Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://www.britannica.com/science/electromagnetic-spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light#Surface_scattering https://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/anonftp/acd/daac_ozone/Lecture4/Text/Semifinal/whatislight.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/early-humans-may-have-cooked-fish-780000-years-ago-study-suggests-180981134/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_heat_ray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_flame https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/your-burning-questions-about-olympic-torch-answered-180968120/ https://metro.co.uk/2013/09/03/jaguar-owner-tells-of-moment-he-discovered-his-car-had-been-melted-by-walkie-talkie-3948068/ https://askatria.ai/learn/architectural-death-rays https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1302898/glare-london-skyscraper-melts-jaguar https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/museum-tower-glare-threatens-nasher-art/1946053/ https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/arts-district-says-museum-tower-glare-an-issue-for-entire-neighborhood/1952064/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/lighthouse-of-Alexandria https://hakaimagazine.com/article-short/dark-side-lighthouses/ https://www.historysnob.com/places/strange-history-mad-lighthouse-keepers/4 https://www.signliteled.com/lumens-vs-lux-the-most-confusing-concept-in-led-lighting-selection/ https://www.reagent.co.uk/blog/what-is-the-candela-unit-of-measurement/ https://www.history.com/articles/industrial-revolution https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-31/edison-demonstrates-incandescent-light https://www.history.com/articles/thomas-edison https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/13049 https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/31988 https://www.centennialbulb.org/palace-theatre.htm https://www.prolampsales.com/products/koto-kp240h240v-halogen-24000w-240v-g38-base?srsltid=AfmBOopMyVfjikthTkSg82w-8jYFsSoZ44ZAbHaX3ydFqRMHxMeALUr8 https://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=2893 https://www.victorysearchlights.com/victory2.html https://www.ans.org/news/article-879/henri-becquerels-discovery-of-radioactivity/ https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/beginnings/einstein.html https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/first-nuclear-bomb-detonated https://www.afnwc.af.mil/About-Us/History/Trinity-Nuclear-Test/ https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/trinity-test-eyewitnesses/ https://www.livescience.com/nuclear-bomb-wwii-shadows.html https://hpmmuseum.jp/modules/exhibition/index.php?action=ItemView&item_id=112⟨=eng https://thebulletin.org/2021/11/the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-nuclear-bomb/ https://www.rferl.org/a/tsar-bomba/31530341.html https://newsreleases.sandia.gov/another-dramatic-climb-toward-fusion-conditions-for-sandia-z-accelerator/ https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/physicists-made-the-brightest-light-ever/ https://phys.org/news/2025-05-powerful-laser.html https://www.fanaticalfuturist.com/2024/05/worlds-most-powerful-laser-will-be-sextillion-times-brighter-than-the-sun/ https://phys.org/news/2017-06-billion-suns-world-brightest-laser.html https://www.wired.com/story/brightest-light-ever-computer-chips/ https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-zeus-becomes-most-powerful-laser-us TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Fire 4:43 - Harnessing the Sun 7:41 - Mega-lights 12:34 - Measuring Light 17:30 - Nukes 23:16 - Insane Lasers 27:06 - Sponsor - Nebula

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