Friday, December 19, 2008

11.1 Billion year old water - across the universe

Space Porn: Water Vapor Discovered Near Black Hole 11.1 Billion Light Years Away

The discovery of water vapor in a distant quasar system has
overturned established ideas about the existence of water in the early
universe.


This is the farthest, and thus the oldest,
water ever seen in the Universe. (Because the light from this quasar
took 11.1 billion years to reach Earth, it is 11.1 billion years old.)

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