NASA Looking For "Diamonds In The Sky" 101
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Scientist Charles Bauschlicher and his research team have found a new way to look for 'diamonds in the sky'. It may not be romantic, but diamonds shine especially brightly in the 3.4 to 3.5 micron and 6 to 10 micron infrared ranges, which should make NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope the perfect tool to see them with. Though less common and more monopolized on earth, diamonds are surprisingly common in outer space and the nanometer-sized bits comprise 3% of all the carbon found in meteorites. That means that if meteorite composition is representative of interstellar dust, that dust would contain about 10 quadrillion (1 * 10^16) nanodiamonds per gram."
DeBeers should be happy (Score:2, Funny)
Or something like that, anyway.
Maybe that explains... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:DeBeers should be happy (Score:5, Funny)
Because any woman worth marrying knows that if meteorite composition is representative of interstellar dust, that dust would contain about 10 quadrillion (1 * 10^16) nanodiamonds per gram.
Wow... (Score:5, Funny)
Diamonds, Sky (Score:5, Funny)
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More useful measurement? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Diamonds at the core of gas giants? No see here (Score:1, Funny)
Twinkle twinkle little star... (Score:2, Funny)
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