Astronomers have discovered a massive water vapor cloud surrounding the distant quasar APM 08279+5255, which contains an estimated 140 trillion times more water than all of Earth's oceans combined, making it the largest known reservoir of water in the universe.
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This cloud contains enough water to fill oceans [music] trillions of times.
Astronomers discovered a giant water vapor cloud surrounding a distant [music] quasar. It holds more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.
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