Twinkle Twinkle BIG DIAMOND STAR

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Twinkle Twinkle BIG DIAMOND STAR Dec 15, 2010 8:19:42 GMT -4

Post by lionking on Dec 15, 2010 8:19:42 GMT -4

"You would need a jeweller's loupe the size of the Sun to grade this diamond," says astronomer Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who led the team of researchers that discovered it.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3492919.stm

WOW! The scientists explored a diamond star. We had a star made enirely of diamonds in our sky and we didn't know that. I hope they supply images

Ian Pearse Mars Apollo (and space) enthusiast Posts: 308	Twinkle Twinkle BIG DIAMOND STAR Dec 15, 2010 8:25:18 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Ian Pearse on Dec 15, 2010 8:25:18 GMT -4 Think of the amount of gold you'd need for the setting!
	The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it's stranger than we can imagine.

gillianren Posts: 3,492	Twinkle Twinkle BIG DIAMOND STAR Dec 15, 2010 15:11:06 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gillianren on Dec 15, 2010 15:11:06 GMT -4 Hey! It's a diamond you can wear without worrying if you're funding death squads!
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