Saturday, August 27

Stellar Science

Diamond Planet Discovered

"Astronomers have discovered a planet that is much denser than any other known planet consists mainly of carbon. Due to the density, scientists calculate that the carbon must be crystalline, and thus, a significant portion of the planet would be made of diamond. The planet, about five times the size of Earth, orbits a pulsar star, which is a small (12.4 miles in diameter), dead neutron star that emits radiation as it spins hundreds of times per second. The diamond planet, which lies about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Serpens, orbits its pulsar star every 2 hours and 10 minutes, and measures in with slightly more mass than Jupiter, but weighs in at about 20 times as dense."


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