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Nearby Exoplanet Could Be Covered With Diamond
Friday, October 12, 2012 2:43
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Illustration of 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth that’s thought to have a thick layer of diamond (Yale News/Haven Giguere)
If diamonds are forever then this planet should be around for a very, very long time; it appears to be literally made of the stuff.
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Post tags: Cancri e, diamond, exoplanet, Extrasolar Planets, graphite, Madhusudhan, Yale
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2012-10-12 02:25:09
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