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Oldest and most distant water in the Universe found

Socrates II — 4/22/2009 2:13:21 PM (archived)

A mere 19.8 billion light years from the Milky Way galaxy:

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/04/22/oldest-and-most-distant-water-in-the-universe-detected/

This find indicates that water back then was not uncommon.

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Latest News on the Evidence for Aliens Front - Socrates II - 4/21/2009 6:29:15 PM
- All those discoveries make life more and more improbable! (n/t) - Raoul - 4/21/2009 6:37:00 PM
  - You cannot make a statement like that without some validation behind it - Socrates II - 4/21/2009 7:17:12 PM
    - Probabilities - Raoul - 4/21/2009 8:13:52 PM
      - It is still very early in the game - Socrates II - 4/21/2009 9:18:24 PM
  - re: No way! A SINGLE galaxy cotains hundreds of millions of stars. Hubble Deep Field - Vince - 4/21/2009 7:12:19 PM
    - What we see is an extraordinary variety of worlds !!! - Raoul - 4/21/2009 8:28:08 PM
      - There is plenty of evidence for liquid water under Europa's ice surface - Socrates II - 4/21/2009 9:05:41 PM
        
        We don't know yet what lies under the surface of Europa's icy crust - Raoul - 4/21/2009 9:36:37 PM
        
        This Web site goes into great deal about the Europan ocean - Socrates II - 4/22/2009 4:10:09 PM
        
        ESA NASA Jupiter missions - Raoul - 4/22/2009 5:01:55 PM
    - Try hundreds of BILLIONS of stars - Socrates II - 4/21/2009 7:20:59 PM
      - Oldest and most distant water in the Universe found - Socrates II - 4/22/2009 2:13:21 PM

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