{"id":208853,"date":"2026-03-19T20:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=208853"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:23:05","slug":"ocean-in-deep-space-giant-water-cloud-found-with-140-trillion-times-more-water-than-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/ocean-in-deep-space-giant-water-cloud-found-with-140-trillion-times-more-water-than-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean in Deep Space! Giant Water Cloud Found with 140 Trillion Times More Water Than Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a groundbreaking discovery that redefines our understanding of the universe, astronomers have located a massive cloud of water vapor in deep space. This cosmic reservoir is so enormous that it contains 140 trillion times the amount of water found in all of Earth&#8217;s oceans combined. Located near a distant quasar about 12 billion light-years away, this is the largest and farthest concentration of water ever detected in the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The water surrounds a quasar\u2014a massive, energetic bright object powered by a black hole\u2014known as APM 08279+5255. Scientists estimate that this water cloud dates back to when the universe was only 1.6 billion years old. The sheer scale of this discovery suggests that water was prevalent in the cosmos even during its very early stages. Unlike the liquid oceans on our planet, this water exists in the form of scorching hot gas and dust, spread across hundreds of light-years of space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), this discovery provides vital clues about the evolution of galaxies and the role of water in the formation of stars. 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