QuinnSense

• 2011-08-28

  

  14-billion-years-later:

  A newly discovered alien planet that formed from a dead star is a real diamond in the rough.
  
  The super-high pressure of the planet, which orbits a rapidly pulsing neutron star, has likely caused the carbon within it to crystallize into an actual diamond, a new study suggests.
  
  The composition of the planet, which is about five times the size of Earth, is not its only outstanding feature.

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  Source: space.com

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