Pulsar Transformed Into Small Planet Made of Diamond Discovered in Milky Way

Katie A. -- This month, astronomers discovered something in the Milky Way – a planet that seems to be made of diamonds. Once a large white dwarf star, scientists believe that the planet had lost many of its outer layers, and now retains less than 0.1% of its original mass. What remains, they say, is most likely oxygen and carbon, and its density indicates that it can only be a material very similar to diamonds. This material is called crystalline. The discovery was made while using the Effelsberf radio telescope in Germany to conduct a systematic search for pulsars across the entire sky. More and similar finds are expected to occur as a result of this new method of searching.

            This article is interesting to me because everything we find in space is cool. It’s always sort of harder to imagine what could be out there, because it’s an area so foreign and vast that the possibilities are pretty much endless. The more often and the more intently we look to find new things, the more we will find and the cooler they will probably be. A planet made of diamonds sounds like something out of a sci fi movie, and I’m excited to see what else is out there.

Link:  Pulsar Transformed Into Small Planet Made of Diamond Discovered in Milky Way