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Astronomers discover diamond the size of Earth

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 30, 2014 | 9:45 am Europe Diamond 

[caption id="attachment_788864" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Artist impression of the white dwarf star. Image by B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF).[/caption] Scientists have identified an 11 billion year-old diamond 900 light-years away from our home planet, one of oldest ever found by astronomers, which is said...

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