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Astronomers Find Diamond Star 4,000 km Wide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sharon-osborne-summoned dept.

tclas writes "The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallized carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk. Astronomers have decided to call the star 'Lucy,' after the Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.'"

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  1. Great... by mseidl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Something else I can't afford but my wife will nag me about...

  2. Garbage by __aaelyr464 · · Score: 5, Funny

    DeBeers has taught me that the only REAL diamond is from mined from the earth, possibly covered in blood.