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rhinoceros
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Diamond star
« on: 2004-03-18 08:41:02 » |
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Did you see this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3492919.stm
Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered.
The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus.
It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk.
Astronomers have decided to call the star "Lucy" after the Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
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The diamond star completely outclasses the largest diamond on Earth, the 530-carat Star of Africa which resides in the British Crown Jewels.
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"We figured out that the carbon interior of this white dwarf has solidified to form the galaxy's largest diamond," says Metcalfe.
Astronomers expect our Sun will become a white dwarf when it dies 5 billion years from now. Some two billion years after that, the Sun's ember core will crystallise as well, leaving a giant diamond in the centre of the solar system.
"Our Sun will become a diamond that truly is forever," says Metcalfe.
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RE: virus: Diamond star
« Reply #1 on: 2004-03-18 08:51:15 » |
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....rhino, i claimed that star as my own very recently. but now that the
"Sebby Star"(tm) is on the open market, i might be able to offer you a
one-time deal for its purchase. it will be priced at a small fraction of
todays market value i assure you. if you know anyone, please let me know.
otherwise it will go on Ebay and you'll have acted to late.
DrSebby.
"Courage...and shuffle the cards".
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From: "rhinoceros" <rhinoceros@freemail.gr>
Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: virus: Diamond star
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:41:03 -0700
Did you see this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3492919.stm
Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion
carats, astronomers have discovered.
The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some
50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus.
It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun
but has since faded and shrunk.
Astronomers have decided to call the star "Lucy" after the Beatles song,
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
<snip>
The diamond star completely outclasses the largest diamond on Earth, the
530-carat Star of Africa which resides in the British Crown Jewels.
<snip>
"We figured out that the carbon interior of this white dwarf has solidified
to form the galaxy's largest diamond," says Metcalfe.
Astronomers expect our Sun will become a white dwarf when it dies 5 billion
years from now. Some two billion years after that, the Sun's ember core will
crystallise as well, leaving a giant diamond in the centre of the solar
system.
"Our Sun will become a diamond that truly is forever," says Metcalfe.
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Re: virus: Diamond star
« Reply #2 on: 2004-03-18 13:49:06 » |
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When this thing cools off and is ready to cut, we can send a jew up there to harvest some merchandise.....
Walter
rhinoceros wrote:
> Did you see this?
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3492919.stm
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> Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered.
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RE: virus: Diamond star
« Reply #3 on: 2004-03-18 14:46:53 » |
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Walter Watts
Sent: 18 March 2004 08:49 PM
When this thing cools off and is ready to cut, we can send a jew up
there to harvest some merchandise.....
[Blunderov]You will probably need to look a bit lively; otherwise De
Beers will get there first, monopolise the lot, and dole it out to the
market in quantities small enough to maintain an artificial scarcity.
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