Make this shit up?...nope...

[venray]

http://news.yahoo.com/astronomers-discover-planet-made-diamond-180427124.html




Astronomers discover planet made of diamond
By Ben Hirschler | Reuters – 15 hrs ago


An exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our …
LONDON (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.
The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond............

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[MidnightOyl]

That's wonderful. I can't wait go there to catch a glimpse of it.

 

[milagros317]

Quite a few karats, I presume. 😛

 

[Ardent Tickler]

Its 4000 light years away so we wont be cashing in on it any time soon.

 

[Candis20]

That's...amazing. o_o Now we just need to get over there and use all that diamond to pay back our debt we had to have.^^

 

[Bothersome]

Even under the absolute best of circumstances, we won't be there in the next four thousand years.

 

[Kunzite]

History will look back on this as the time DeBeers invested billions in building a spaceship.

 

[asutickler]

Perfect...


Now I just need a gigantic gold chain to wear it on. 😀

 

[giggle-maker]

Even under the absolute best of circumstances, we won't be there in the next four thousand years.

LOL

 

[MrMacphisto]

Superman's home planet is discovered....

 

[Bothersome]

LOL

I don't know if you meant this as to laugh at my post as an understatement, or an overstatement.

Either way, I'm curious.

 

[kopfhorer]

Just think of all the diamond phonograph needles you could make with that thing!