Frickin cool- a whole star made of
diamond.
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A while ago, astronomers have discovered a star made of
10 billion trillion trillion carats of diamond. [blockquote][em]The huge cosmic diamond - technically known as BPM 37093 - is actually a crystallised white dwarf. A white dwarf is the hot core of a star, left over after the star uses up its nuclear fuel and dies. It is made mostly of carbon.[/em][/p] [em]For more than four decades, astronomers have thought that the interiors of white dwarfs crystallised, but obtaining direct evidence became possible only recently.[/em][/p][em]
[/em][/p] [em]The white dwarf is not only radiant but also rings like a gigantic gong, undergoing constant pulsations.[/em][/p] [em]"By measuring those pulsations, we were able to study the hidden interior of the white dwarf, just like seismograph measurements of earthquakes allow geologists to study the interior of the Earth.[/em][/p] [em]"We figured out that the carbon interior of this white dwarf has solidified to form the galaxy's largest diamond," says Metcalfe. [/em] [/p] [/blockquote]
