A Massive Body of Water Vapor Surrounding a Quasar 12 Billion Light-Years Away from Earth, Astronomers Find Ancient Water Reservoir.
In deep space, researchers from Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena have discovered a massive reservoir of water vapor that dates back about 12 billion years. The largest and farthest body of water ever observed is the result of this discovery.
This ground-breaking discovery was made by two distinct research teams.
One group from Jet Propulsion Laboratory utilized a 33-foot telescope close to Mauna Kea’s summit in Hawaii for beginning perceptions, trailed by radio dishes in California’s Inyo Mountains.
A subsequent group, Lead by Dariusz Lis, senior exploration partner in material science at Caltech and representative overseer of the Establishment’s Submillimeter Observatory, employed the Plateau de Bure Interferometer in the French Alps to affirm and additionally dissect the revelation.
A quasar known as APM 08279+5255 is surrounded by water vapor and is more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth. Quasars are bright and extremely luminous objects that are powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
“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,” said, said Matt Bradford of National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Researchers discovered that the volume of water vapor detected was approximately 140 trillion times greater than the total volume of the oceans on Earth.
The quasar harbors a black hole estimated to be 20 billion times more massive than our sun, producing energy equivalent to a thousand trillion suns.
By astronomical standards, the gas surrounding the quasar, including the water vapor, is unusually warm and dense. Regardless of being at short 63 degrees Fahrenheit (less 53 degrees Celsius), it is multiple times more sultry and 10 to 100 times denser than normal interstellar matter.
According to the research teams, a gaseous region spanning hundreds of light-years surrounds the black hole and contains the water vapor.
This finding sheds light on the chemical composition of the early universe and demonstrates that water existed in the universe much earlier than previously thought.
The disclosure upholds the hypothesis that water is unavoidable all through the universe, even in its earliest stages. Additionally, it provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity to investigate the atmosphere of quasars and supermassive black holes in the faraway universe.
To better comprehend the nature of distant quasars and the prevalence of water in the early universe, astronomers hope to carry out additional research.
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Source: pasadenanow.com
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