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Watery exoplanet may be diamond-rich instead 
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Last year astronomers reported the discovery of a diamond planet orbiting a pulsar, a dead star releasing regular radio waves. Now another group says a previously discovered planet, 55 Cancri e, may also contain diamond - and this one orbits a more sun-like star.


http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/10/watery-planet-diamond.html

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