Posted on 07/06/2019 7:04:05 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
NASA discovered Saturn’s mysterious atmosphere boasts diamonds raining down on the planet, it was revealed during a new documentary.
“Below the upper atmosphere great clouds of water grow and lightning 10,000 times more powerful than on Earth illuminates the sky.
“This lightning transforms the methane gas into huge clouds of soot.”
He added: “Deeper still, the pressure grows so great that these chunks of soot are likely transferred into diamonds.
“But even these diamonds will succumb to the pressure of Saturn, liquifying.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Wow, It wasnt about LSD.
Get in line. Scientists discovered first that Uranus is full of giant diamonds.
https://www.popsci.com/uranus-neptune-diamond-rain/
If there’s any truth in the article it’s usually at the bottom.
For”Fake news you can trust”, I get mine from the Babylon Bee!
And always remember:
“In Pravda there is no news, and in Izvestiya there is no truth.”
An enjoyable read about synthetic diamonds.
From the early days.
IIRC there is a follow up on this article.
Yes, DeBeers has since jumped in with both feet.
The New Diamond Age
https://www.wired.com/2003/09/diamond/
Earth, the only planet in the solar system without an abundance of diamonds!
I’m really only interested in gemstones for personal decoration; and the real ones of color, that I prefer, can be more expensive than most diamonds :-)
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