Astronomers spy 10 billion trillion trillion-carat diamond (Vey Hugh!)

Sac Bee ^ | 2/13/04 | AP - LA

[NormsRevenge]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093.

The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.

[NormsRevenge]

Honey, look what I got ya!

HaPPy Valentine's Day!

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

I don't suppose this will cause a crash in the price of diamonds here, will it?

[Professional Engineer]

Happy Valentines Dear

[Prodigal Son]

You just know there's a woman out there right now who is already hounding her sugar daddy for that rock.

[EggsAckley]

While I can visualize your comment as being toungue-in-cheek, I find your tag line highly offensive.

[EggsAckley]

oops......toungue = tongue

[talleyman]

Yes, but the price of the setting is going to make it way too expensive...

[maestro]

The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond," said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem. The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.

A 'four-square' type of 'New Jerusalem'.

(Romans 10:17)

Maranatha!!

[cyborg]

Don't tell De Beers.

[EggsAckley]

Is it just me or is ovrtxt's (#3) tag line offensive?

"(You got an extra Koran? I'm like totally out of toilet paper.)" see post #3

[cyborg]

it's friday. Some may have started happy hour a bit too early.

[NormsRevenge]

What would you propose...? The "A" BomB perhaps.. send it to the fellows in the booth for review ;-]

Happy Valentines Day! 8-]

[EggsAckley]

Yeah......looking forward to four o'clock myself........

[NormsRevenge]

We're doin' a movie at 4 ourselves and then maybe dinner.. gonna go see "Miracle" , should be pretty good. We won one, for a change .. against all odds :-}

[mercy]

Wonder what the gravity there would be like.

[COUNTrecount]

Mrs. Kobe has bookmarked this article to use for Kobe's next transgression.

[American_Centurion]

Actually I kind of like it.

It's definitely witty.

It's definitely not PC.

And it shows exactly the amount of respect that those who "follow" it have earned.

I think it's nifty.

[EggsAckley]

Lucky you!! Have a great time, and a great weekend, too!