Lucy in the sky...'Diamond of all Diamonds'

[Buttercup McToots]

Here is the 'Diamond of all Diamonds'. This is exquisitely beautiful!
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Diamond star thrills astronomers
By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor

Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered.

The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus.

It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk.

Astronomers have decided to call the star "Lucy" after the Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

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READ ARTICLE AND SEE EXQUISITE PHOTO HERE:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3492919.stm

[formercia]

1. I bet DeBeers is shaking in their boots.

:sarcasm:

[crud76]

4. I Wonder

what Julian Lennon thinks...it was his title.

[Catshrink]

2. That is really cool

thanks for posting.

[Aviation Pro]

3. There is a great deal of speculation.....

...that the cores of Jupiter and the other gas giants are also diamonds.