On July 22, 2011, NASA reported that, "two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe." The water surrounds a quasar, and is 140 trillion times the water on Earth. It surrounds a quasar, more than 12 billion light-years away. The numbers are almost unimaginable.
Andrew Fazekas reported in the National Geographic news of June 13, 2011, a weird phenomena of "a young, sunlike star ... found with jets that blast epic quantities of water into interstellar space, shooting out droplets that move faster than a speeding bullet."
"Astronomers have known for decades that there is a lot of water in space. Hydrogen is the most common element in the Universe, and oxygen is made in stars and dispersed by events such as supernova explosions. The two elements mix in star-forming clouds and form large amounts of water (H2O). But because astronomers couldn't measure gaseous water in cold clouds in space, they couldn't be sure of the exact amount of water in those regions." Astrobiology Magazine: June 4, 2001
Water on Mars
Water on the Moon
Water on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons
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