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Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Space

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Can we predict based on what we see the current status of the "cloud of water". Shouldn't it collapse into stars ?

Or does the blackhole consume the entire cloud of water !

So many questions.

Imagine if life existed within it. They must be wondering if life outside a "cloud of water" is even possible ? A planet ?

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This would make an awesome premise for a sci-fi book. A plot along the lines of "Humanity must stop This Bad Thing but to do so they need Lots of Water but they have used up all the water so they have to Pull Together in Time of Crisis in order to retrieve all the water while contending with the fact that the water is around a black hole." Maybe throw in some serendipitously discovered alien technology that makes it all possible.

I think that it would make for a truly epic space opera if written by the right author.

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This would make an awesome premise for a sci-fi book. A plot along the lines of "Humanity must stop This Bad Thing but to do so they need Lots of Water but they have used up all the water so they have to Pull Together in Time of Crisis in order to retrieve all the water while contending with the fact that the water is around a black hole." Maybe throw in some serendipitously discovered alien technology that makes it…

So the original Total Recall, then? :)

Re: Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Space

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This would make an awesome premise for a sci-fi book. A plot along the lines of "Humanity must stop This Bad Thing but to do so they need Lots of Water but they have used up all the water so they have to Pull Together in Time of Crisis in order to retrieve all the water while contending with the fact that the water is around a black hole." Maybe throw in some serendipitously discovered alien technology that makes it…

Ice Pirates? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/

Re: Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Space

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Can we predict based on what we see the current status of the "cloud of water". Shouldn't it collapse into stars ? Or does the blackhole consume the entire cloud of water ! So many questions. Imagine if life existed within it. They must be wondering if life outside a "cloud of water" is even possible ? A planet ?

I recall (from the last time this was posted) that its like a few molecules of H2O per cubic meter. So more like a 'cloud of water vapor' or even 'a cloud of water plasma'.

It was made by the expanding shock wave from a supernova, through a gas cloud of mostly hydrogen. Lots got fused to oxygen, and then they combined. The tremendous amount of water is because its a vast expanding volume of space.

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