A groundbreaking discovery of a massive water reservoir orbiting a quasar billions of light-years away provides insights into the early universe.
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of an immense water reservoir orbiting a quasar located over 12 billion light-years away. This quasar, APM 08279+5255, is powered by a supermassive black hole 20 billion times more massive than our Sun and emits energy equivalent to a thousand trillion suns. The intense heat generated by the black hole consuming surrounding gas and dust allows scientists to detect water molecules at such vast distances for the first time.
This discovery offers an unprecedented glimpse into the early universe, with the quasar's light having traveled since shortly after the Big Bang. Observations reveal water vapor extending for hundreds of light-years around the quasar, unusually warm and dense compared to similar regions in our galaxy
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