It Rains Diamonds on Uranus and Neptune

Uranus and Neptune are raining diamonds deep within their hearts, as new evidence has shown the intense pressure and heat thousands of kilometers below their surface can split hydrocarbon compounds and compress carbon into diamonds while sinking deeper towards their cores.

This new study was published in the journal Nature Communications. It used the LCLS X-ray laser (or Linac Coherent Light Source laser) from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to precisely measure how the process involved in 'diamond rain' occurs. Their results showed that carbon directly forms into crystal diamonds.

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Uranus and Neptune are raining diamonds deep within their hearts, as new experimental evidence have shown the intense pressure and heat thousands of kilometers below their surface can split hydrocarbon compounds and compress carbon into diamond while sinking deeper towards their cores.

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