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Astronomers discover planet made of diamond
Reuters.com ^ | 8/25/11 | Ben Hirschler - Reuters

Posted on 08/25/2011 12:32:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 08/25/2011 12:33:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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They should name it ‘Liz’.


2 posted on 08/25/2011 12:34:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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Uh oh... Michele Obama just ordered it and put it on the national credit card


3 posted on 08/25/2011 12:34:05 PM PDT by icanhasbailout
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To: NormsRevenge

Planet De Beers.


4 posted on 08/25/2011 12:34:54 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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We’ll never again have a shortage of phonograph needles!


5 posted on 08/25/2011 12:35:16 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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On this planet, wedding rings feature stones made of coal...


6 posted on 08/25/2011 12:35:25 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (I tweet, too... @Onelifetogive)
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To: icanhasbailout

More likely Callista Gingrich.


7 posted on 08/25/2011 12:35:37 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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To: NormsRevenge

Evidently, its inhabitants are all female.


8 posted on 08/25/2011 12:37:09 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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We should drag it home and shoot off a ball of garbage to take its place in orbit.


9 posted on 08/25/2011 12:38:38 PM PDT by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Fortress of Solitude


10 posted on 08/25/2011 12:39:21 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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To: NormsRevenge

get the tractor beam ready..


11 posted on 08/25/2011 12:39:47 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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12 posted on 08/25/2011 12:39:50 PM PDT by shibumi ("A Republic - if you can keep it.")
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13 posted on 08/25/2011 12:40:28 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Onelifetogive

You mean they’ve actually found Bizarro World?


14 posted on 08/25/2011 12:41:51 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: NormsRevenge

I had a story idea with a planet made of gold, it’d have almost normal gravity at half the size because of the density.


15 posted on 08/25/2011 12:42:27 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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I’m calling dibs!


16 posted on 08/25/2011 12:43:45 PM PDT by Natural Law (For God so loved the world He did not send a book.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Pulsars are tiny, dead neutron stars that are only around 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) in diameter and spin hundreds of times a second, emitting beams of radiation.

hmmm, sounds like a nice place, I wonder if they have an RV park?

17 posted on 08/25/2011 12:44:23 PM PDT by NativeSon
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"Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky..."

Did they know something we didn't?

18 posted on 08/25/2011 12:44:44 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
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I won’t tell my wife cuz she’ll want it.


19 posted on 08/25/2011 12:45:36 PM PDT by traderrob6
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Diamond ping


20 posted on 08/25/2011 12:48:07 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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