With temperatures soaring to 2,400°C, its interior may consist largely of diamond ... making this planet a deadly place with horizontal glass rain. A new study suggests Earth’s early years ...
Moreover, this discovery opens up the possibility of diamond rain occurring on smaller gas planets, known as "mini-Neptunes," which are abundant outside our solar system. The implications of this ...
A TERRIFYING alien planet that "rains glass" lurks just 64.5 lightyears from Earth. Described as a "nightmare world" by Nasa, the giant exoplanet has staggeringly fast winds that reach up to 5,400mph.
But in the dense atmospheres of planets like Jupiter and Saturn ... and heat can squeeze carbon in mid-air - and make it rain diamonds. Scientists have speculated for years that diamonds are ...
Some effects might include potential ozone depletion and acid rain. Experts have ... 5 million tons of inert diamond dust could potentially cool the planet by almost 1.6 degrees Celsius in 45 ...
Astronomers have spotted the shiniest known planet in the Milky Way, and it has metal clouds that appear to be raining down titanium droplets. Exoplanet LTT9779 b, which orbits a star about 262 ...