Move over, Hope Diamond. The most famous gems on Earth have new competition in the form of a planet made largely of diamond, astronomers say. The alien planet, a so-called "super-Earth," is called 55 ...

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 ...

We’re going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the new planet discovered Australian scientists should be named “Lucy” — because no other name seems right for a planet made of diamonds.

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 ...

Astronomers say they have discovered a planet twice the size of Earth that is made mostly of diamond. Planet 55 Cancri e orbits a star similar to our sun 40 light years away in the constellation of ...

Researchers have discovered a diamond planet 40 light years away from our solar system. Led by postdoctoral fellow Nikku Madhusudhan of the Yale Physics Department, the research team has proposed that ...

A girl's best friend may have just gotten a whole lot bigger with the news that an international research team has discovered a small planet they think may be made of diamond. Although the planet is ...

What the heck is this?”was the typical reaction of astronomers, and this is how scientists reacted when they received their ...

LONDON — Forget the diamond as big as the Ritz. This one’s bigger than planet Earth. Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our own ...

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. A planet has been found in our Milky Way galaxy that may be made entirely of diamond. As reported in Science today, an ...

New research by Yale University scientists suggests rocky planets orbiting other stars may hide thick layers of diamond beneath the surface. “A carbon-rich planet likely forms from a material called ...

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 ...