Space Fog
Nope, not talking about "fog of war" or "I can't think of any damn thing because I have no idea which way up is" or even "I can't see right now because of this freaking sun in my window"
I am talking about water, in space.
A lot of water.
Astronomers have found a massive water vapor cloud, floating around a black hole in the universe, marking the largest discovery of water -- anywhere.The reservoir is gigantic, holding 140 trillion times the mass of water in the Earth's oceans, residing 10 billion light years away.
140 trillion times. You are going to need some really good windshield wipers on that space shuttle of yours.
The amazing thing to me is that this is still water in space. It makes no sense. Everything we know about space says... there is no water floating around.. some ice, sure, but no water. Water is meant to be special, rare, uncommon. There's water vapor in the Milky Way, although the total amount is 4,000 times less than in the quasar, because most of the Milky Way's water is frozen in ice.
How did it get there?
Well, it turns out that it is the byproduct of a massive black hole/quasar, which instead of shooting out beams of energy as most quasars do, has decided that it would be much more cool to be the universes's largest water gun. Clearly, this quasar is the fun loving little brother of the quasar family, much more interested in intergalactic wet-t-shirt contests than blowing stuff up with giant laser beams.
I am talking about water, in space.
A lot of water.
Astronomers have found a massive water vapor cloud, floating around a black hole in the universe, marking the largest discovery of water -- anywhere.The reservoir is gigantic, holding 140 trillion times the mass of water in the Earth's oceans, residing 10 billion light years away.
140 trillion times. You are going to need some really good windshield wipers on that space shuttle of yours.
The amazing thing to me is that this is still water in space. It makes no sense. Everything we know about space says... there is no water floating around.. some ice, sure, but no water. Water is meant to be special, rare, uncommon. There's water vapor in the Milky Way, although the total amount is 4,000 times less than in the quasar, because most of the Milky Way's water is frozen in ice.
How did it get there?
Well, it turns out that it is the byproduct of a massive black hole/quasar, which instead of shooting out beams of energy as most quasars do, has decided that it would be much more cool to be the universes's largest water gun. Clearly, this quasar is the fun loving little brother of the quasar family, much more interested in intergalactic wet-t-shirt contests than blowing stuff up with giant laser beams.
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