Diamonds may fall as rain on Saturn and Jupiter

[Skywizard]

Saturn and Jupiter may be a girl's best friend after scientists have claimed that diamonds may fall from the sky as rain to create large oceans on the giant planets.

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Carbon may be crushed and melted to form diamond oceans on Jupiter

Diamonds may fall from the sky on the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.

Astrophysicists have calculated that the conditions on the two biggest planets of the solar system are enough to produce stable oceans made from diamond.

They claim that powerful lightning storms in the planets’ atmospheres cause particles of carbon to form, which then drift down though the gas.

As the carbon falls, it is crushed by the enormous pressures that exist on the two planets, causing them to form dense chunks of diamond.

At even greater depths, the scientists say the diamond will eventually melt to form liquid diamond, which may then form a stable ocean layer.

Read Full Story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10368895/Diamonds-may-fall-as-rain-on-Saturn-and-Jupiter.html


peace...
skywizard

[conk]

Meanwhile the DeBeers family prays that no one catches on to their massive scam, that diamonds are not scare at all, even on Earth.

[Tesseract]

Isn't 'liquid diamond' a little like saying 'liquid ice'?

[Rantaak]

Isn't 'liquid diamond' a little like saying 'liquid ice'?

Only if diamonds are made of frozen water.