Scientists discover planet made of diamond : Othor Games

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:48 am

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/25/us-planet-diamond-idUSTRE77O69A20110825

The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond.

Pretty amazing find, but I guess in an infinite universe you are bound to find some odd stuff every once in a while.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:26 am

That's a pretty amazing find.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:03 am

And this is why I have trouble believing Earth is the only planet that can support intelligent life.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:22 am

I'll get my pick... :miner:

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:09 am

Oh god... I just realized... Minecraft fans are going to spam this thread to death with mining jokes. :facepalm:

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:37 am

Oh god... I just realized... Minecraft fans are going to spam this thread to death with mining jokes. :facepalm:

With that much diamond we could mine 20 planets of Obsidian

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:15 pm

Good thing it's far away...otherwise Kim Kardashian would have a pair of earrings made out of it.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:51 am

Ooh, finding a carbon planet is exciting. I hope we can find one a bit closer to home eventually.

And this is why I have trouble believing Earth is the only planet that can support intelligent life.

Are you saying diamonds are just teeny tiny Monoliths?

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:04 pm

damn, I wish I hadn't got rid of my science books now, we learned* about this. Something about stars exploding so they become carbon or something...*Shrug*

(*By learned I mean we tried not to forget it until our exams were over. It's only been a few months.)

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:05 pm

We are ritch, RIIIIIIIIIII- oh wait, the are ritch, oh well

Amazing find thought

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:47 pm

A diamond planet? Thats freakin' sweet!

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:15 pm

Where's the planet made out of Jello? That's the one I'd fly to.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:02 pm

Excellent! Now I know where I'll be going to get gifts for anniversaries. :whistling:

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:51 pm

And this is why I have trouble believing Earth is the only planet that can support intelligent life.

Life yes.

Intelligence: Jury is still out on.

Ooh, a planet made out of diamond. NASA Places' new mission. "Mining expedition to planet made out of money by 2020".

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:10 am

Life yes.

Intelligence: Jury is still out on.

Ooh, a planet made out of diamond. NASA Places' new mission. "Mining expedition to planet made out of money by 2020".

I mean a planet that can support it, not sure whether any will have it.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:25 am

Arthur C. Clarke wrote in "2010" that Jupiter might have a diamond core from carbon percolating downwards for eons. That's amazing that one has been found. Probably was a gas giant like Jupiter and the radio jets from the pulsar or somethng like it blew away the atmosphere leaving the diamond core behind.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:51 pm

What bothers me is when people say life needs water. What if different creatures on other plantes need a different type of liquid element. Like Liquid Diamond if thats possible, I'm not great with chemistry

Well this pretty amazing, but Earth is more freak than that. Still to say theres no more Earths out of millions of trillions of planets is ignorant.

We need to find a planet made of Iron now, otherwise we won't be able to mine it.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:16 am

We need to find a planet made of Iron now, otherwise we won't be able to mine it.

Mission accomplished.

Just have to go really deep.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:16 am

Planet Midnight?

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:19 pm

What bothers me is when people say life needs water. What if different creatures on other plantes need a different type of liquid element. Like Liquid Diamond if thats possible, I'm not great with chemistry

That would be carbon, which is already necessary for DNA. What you need is a solvent in which biological reactions can occur, and that means an inert liquid like H2O.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:14 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPM_37093

Not saying this isn't cool because it is

But we've had something similar before.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:41 pm

Now that's one hardcoe planet.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:41 am

That would be carbon, which is already necessary for DNA. What you need is a solvent in which biological reactions can occur, and that means an inert liquid like H2O.

What if they are not made of dna. In fact, an alien lifeform could be made of something we have never discoved. Scientists base all of their discoveries on what they know, but what about the stuff they don't know?

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:15 pm

I mean a planet that can support it, not sure whether any will have it.

It was a poke at this planet. Not the one that was presumably just discovered. Yes, there is life on this planet. But as to whether or not it is considered to be intelligent is debatable.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:44 pm

I can finally make my set of diamond armor...