Wow! Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamonds

Planet Made of Diamonds | London - You could say this discovery is the discovery of diamonds. Astronomers believe managed to find a planet made ​​entirely of diamonds.

Scientists of University of Manchester claimed to find massive stars in the Milky Way which turns into a small planet in the form of diamonds. International research team initially detect unusual star called a pulsar.

Then, the researchers used telescopes at the observatory in Cheshire to investigate them. These findings then led scientists to find the gravitational pull of planets orbiting the pulsar's small neighbor as written Dailymail.

Pulsar is a rotating star that has a diameter of more than 16 kilometers or about the size of a small town that emits radio waves. A joint team from Australia, Germany, Italy and the United States (U.S.) is suspected, the planet is a legacy of the original star.

Team member Dr Michael Keith said, "The rest is probably large carbon and oxygen. Since stars are made of lighter elements like hydrogen. "That is, most of these stars like diamonds.

Star, dubbed "PSR J1719-1438" and the planet is located four thousand light-years from Serpen constellations. Although small, the mass of the planet is a little heavier than Jupiter.

The findings are published in the journal Science. Here's the video.