Colossal Water Reservoir Spotted Near Distant Quasar

In a splashy discovery, astronomers have found a water reservoir orbiting quasar APM 08279+5255, a mind-boggling 12 billion light-years away. This cosmic ocean holds 140 trillion Earth oceans’ worth of water vapor, the largest known in the universe. Circling a supermassive 20-billion-sun black hole, this find suggests water was brewing shortly after the Big Bang, playing a key role in star and galaxy formation. Looks like the early universe was thirstier than we thought!