On Towing the New Giant Planet Made of Diamond Back to Earth
Yes, they DID find a giant planet (5 times diameter of Earth, but mass greater than Jupiter) made of carbon and oxygen with a crystalline structure. Translation: Big ole Diamond.
It is what astronomers call an exotic planet, in that it is really a white dwarf star (remnant) having had most of its material stripped off by the pulsar it orbits.
This diamond in the sky is one-eighth of the way from Earth to the galactic core, in our very own Milky Way.
If you were able to tow or teleport this puppy back into Earth orbit, how rich would you be!?
Of course, the thing’s gravity would cause some irregularity with our tides, orbit, spin, etc. So maybe it’s a trap.
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