Posted: August 25, 2011

Alert: There's a Planet Made of DIAMOND.

WHOA.


Like this. But minus the ring. And in space.

 

Australian astronomers are reporting that they have found a planet made entirely of diamond. Straight-up space bling. Apparently, it's probably a dead star that lost its outer layers because of a pulsar star. Astronomers detected it with the help of radio telescopes and guess that a high-pressure environment caused the planet's carbon core to crystallize into diamond. 

Or something.

The important thing here is that it is "a massive diamond" orbiting around a star right here in the Milky Way.

Aaaaaand - it might even be super shiny.

One guy is a massive Scrooge and said "no way," but Travis Metcalfe of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado thinks otherwise. "It's highly speculative, but if you shine a light on it, I can't see any reason why it wouldn't sparkle like a diamond," he said. 

In related news: De Beers is building a space shuttle. Jk. Jk jk!

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