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How Awesome Is This Diamond Planet?
I saw it first!
This planet recently discovered by astronomers is possibly one of the most extraordinary discoveries found yet. But before we real this sucker in to sell to Somalia, we have to understand how exactly it can be classified as a diamond.
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.
