A groundbreaking discovery has left the scientific community buzzing: a new planet may be covered in diamonds. This celestial body, potentially a treasure trove of sparkling gems, challenges our ...

New research led by Yale University scientists suggests that a rocky planet twice Earth’s size orbiting a nearby star is a diamond planet. “This is our first glimpse of a rocky world with a ...

Scientists at Yale University have discovered a nearby super-Earth that is a "diamond planet" -- a planet that has a mantle made of graphite and diamond. The planet, called 55 Cancri e, is just 40 ...

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare form of diamond from outerspace is held in the tiny meteorite held by Monash University Professor Andrew Tomkins and Royal ...

Astronomers have spotted a planet that appears to be made of a diamond orbiting around a tiny star. The planet, which is 4,000 light years away, is denser than any other known and is made of mostly ...