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There is a massive water vapor cloud around a quasar that holds 140 trillion times the water in Earth's oceans.

Why it is true

Astronomers observed the quasar APM 08279+5255, over 10 billion light-years away, and discovered this massive cloud. It is the largest and most distant reservoir of water ever detected in the universe.

Source: NASA

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