It rains solid diamonds on Uranus and Neptune

National Post ^ | August 25, 2017 | Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post

[BillyBoy]

>> All this time I thought Uranus had Klingons. <<

Nope. Kronos is the Klingon homeworld. Uranus is an uninhabited gas giant in the sol system. No man is bold enough to go there.

[Enterprise]

"Uranus is an uninhabited gas giant in the sol system. No man is bold enough to go there."

I would go there just to light a match.

[Gideon7]

Clarke's novel also includes the Lucy in the Sky reference.

[Yaelle]

I completely agree with you! Sapphires would be much prettier for engagement rings!

[Kickass Conservative]

Now you tell me.

My Wife just visited the Costco Jewelry Department and she didn’t leave empty handed.

[Trillian]

Lisa: Are we taking the Lexus to Aunt Patty and Selma’s funeral today?

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Who needs that many glass cutters?

[Stormdog]

“The Byrds did a beautiful job (but the backing tracks were The Wrecking Crew).”

You just may find this interesting

https://youtu.be/58lty4uJerw

[jdege]

If carbon is hot enoughto be liquid, it’s not going to be a diamond.

So “solid diamond” is redundant.

[llevrok]

I’ve heard of pink feathers from Uranus, but never diamonds.

[left that other site]

WOW! Thanks! :-)

[dp0622]

A load of diamond falling on Uranus can leave a mark.

[PIF]

fancy plastic ...??? Fancy plastic makes fancy stories ...?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Can someone translate dis article into Pidgin ?

[huldah1776]

OUCH!

[HangThemHigh]

"Yeah but my girlfriend still says the carat isn’t high enough."

I bet she is right and the individual diamonds they produced required a microscope to see them. Think fog or water clouds here. Vaporized carbon condenses at a very high temperature, that likely happens pretty quickly with little time for crystals to grow.

I'm wondering if the planets are really hot enough to make carbon vapor. Talk about global warming, the former inhabitants of those planets must have really screwed up. Fake news IMO.