Quasar found by Astronomers can fill the Earth’s ocean 140 trillion times more water

Artist's Concept of a Quasar
Image credit: NASA/ESA

A quasar discovered by two teams of astronomers is surrounded by the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe as reported by international news sites, July 25, 2011.

As reported, the quasar, a very energetic and distant active nucleus, discovered by two teams of astronomers is more than 12 billion light-years away and is surrounded by an enormous amount of water capable of filling the Earth’s ocean with 140 trillion times more water.

Matt Bradford, a scientist at NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California reportedly said, “The environment around this quasar is very unique in that it’s producing this huge mass of water.”

“It’s another demonstration that water is pervasive throughout the universe, even at the very earliest times,” he adds.

It was revealed that Astronomers expected water vapor to be present even in the early distant universe; however the discovery is the farthest location they have encountered so far.

Further report reveals that the Milky Way has water vapor but the amount is 4,000 times less than the quasar, since most of it is frozen in ice.