Biggest, Oldest Water Mass in Universe Discovered

A cloud of water vapor equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in Earth’s oceans has been found surrounding a massive quasar more than 12 billion light years-away. It is the biggest and oldest water mass ever detected in the universe.
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Biggest, Oldest Water Mass in Universe Discovered
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/574348main_universe20110722-43_full.jpg" alt="Artist's illustration of a quasar, or feeding black hole, similar to APM 08279+5255, where astronomers discovered huge amounts of water vapor. Gas and dust likely form a torus around the central black hole, with clouds of charged gas above and below. X-rays emerge from the very central region, while thermal infrared radiation is emitted by dust throughout most of the torus. (NASA/ESA)" title="Artist's illustration of a quasar, or feeding black hole, similar to APM 08279+5255, where astronomers discovered huge amounts of water vapor. Gas and dust likely form a torus around the central black hole, with clouds of charged gas above and below. X-rays emerge from the very central region, while thermal infrared radiation is emitted by dust throughout most of the torus. (NASA/ESA)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1800445"/></a>
Artist's illustration of a quasar, or feeding black hole, similar to APM 08279+5255, where astronomers discovered huge amounts of water vapor. Gas and dust likely form a torus around the central black hole, with clouds of charged gas above and below. X-rays emerge from the very central region, while thermal infrared radiation is emitted by dust throughout most of the torus. (NASA/ESA)
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