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A diamond planet?

By Sid Perkins / November 30, 2012

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Distant, carbon-rich world could contain one-third its weight in gems that are relatively rare on Earth

Posted in Space | Tagged 55 Cancri, 55 Cancri e, astronomy, cancer, Cancri, carbon planet, constellation, diamonds, extrasolar planet, getinvolved, Goddard Space Flight Center, graphite, light year, Marc Kuchner, NASA, Nikku Madhusudhan, planet, super-Earth, topstories, transit, Yale University