Discover the place that contains the most water in the universe

Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (CIT, USA) have announced the discovery of the most distant and distant water in the universe, according to UPI news agency (USA) on July 22.

Standard crystal APM 08279 + 5255 - where astronomers detect a large amount of steam. Gas and dust form a circle around the central black hole, with gas clouds above and below - Photo: Space.com

Researchers have found at least 140 trillion times the amount of water vapor in the Earth's oceans in a quasar - a far-away and extremely bright object in the universe - far away Earth is about 12 billion light-years away.

The quasar, dubbed APM 08279 + 5255 , is powered by a giant black hole - 20 billion times larger than the Sun - constantly sucking in surrounding air and dust and spewing out a tremendous amount of energy.

According to Space.com , the cloud of steam in the APM 08279 + 5255 quasar - has a temperature (- 53 degrees Celsius) and is less than 300 trillion times Earth - distributed around the black hole in a long stretch of gas. hundred light years.

' This quasar environment is unique in that it produces huge amounts of water. This is a proof that water is common throughout the universe, even in the earliest periods , 'said scientist Matt Bradford, working at CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the Aerospace Agency. US (NASA), said.