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HPLovecraft · 08-25-2011, 01:49 PM

New alien planet found, made of diamond

http://www.space.com/12731-diamond-a...tron-star.html

This is pretty cool. A white dwarf that didn't get absorbed completely by its binary companion moved far enough away for its dead core to be re-classified as a planet. The core, under super high pressure, has likely crystallized as diamond.

08-25-2011, 01:49 PM	#1100
HPLovecraft Took an arrow to the knee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto Exp:	New alien planet found, made of diamond http://www.space.com/12731-diamond-a...tron-star.html This is pretty cool. A white dwarf that didn't get absorbed completely by its binary companion moved far enough away for its dead core to be re-classified as a planet. The core, under super high pressure, has likely crystallized as diamond. __________________ "An adherent of homeopathy has no brain. They have skull water with the memory of a brain."