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October 12, 2012
Cancri in the Sky is Diamond
lead author on the paper Nikku Madhusudhan told Universe Today. “But, below that there will be a thick layer (a third of the radius) with mostly diamond. For a large part the diamond will be like the diamond on Earth, except really, really pure. But at greater depths the diamond could also be in liquid form.”
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We have lots of diamond here. In America, it's called coal.
Posted by: Jewel at October 12, 2012 10:28 AM
Liquid diamond?
Posted by: Jason in SD at October 12, 2012 12:59 PM
So unless women inhabit the planet, the diamond planet is made up of a worthless material.
Posted by: Banned Name at October 13, 2012 8:21 AM