Grab your galactic swimsuit and get ready to dive into the cosmos! Two teams of astronomers from Caltech have discovered the largest reservoir of water ever detected, and it’s a whopping 30 billion trillion miles away. Nestled in a quasar, one of the universe’s brightest and most violent objects, this colossal water vapor mass is 140 trillion times more than all the water in Earth’s oceans combined. Discover how this cosmic splash from 12 billion years ago is reshaping our understanding of the universe.

12-billion-year-old body of water discovered floating in space