This is such a dumb and misleading thing to say. It’s referencing how some exoplanets are carbon-rich (as opposed to silicate rich like Earth). There’s no planet like that in our solar system, making them a bit of a mystery… 🧪🔭 (1/n)
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Some research has shown that in such carbon rich places, if water is present, diamonds could form in the upper mantle. This would have implications for the planets density and atmospheric composition. (2/n)
This is absolutely very cool, but we’re not taking about a solid chunk of diamond floating in space like that headline and picture insinuate. We’re talking about part of a planet’s interior having diamond as a primary mineral. Cool, but different. (3/n)
There’s also a big difference between work like I showed above, which combines lab experiments and modeling to explore what could be possible, and actually knowing that’s what’s happening in an exoplanet. The planets mentioned in posts like this are typically just carbon-rich and dense (4/n)
While that could definitely mean there’s more diamond in the interior than on earth, we really just don’t know enough about them. There’s a lot of fun headlines about exotic exoplanets, but most of them are based on very little actual data. So be careful out there! (5/5)
well, to be fair, the idea is so cool that I read this entire thread to learn more about the (sadly likely fictional) existence of an all diamond planet.
It's what we old-time newspaper journos used to call a read-me ... a little exaggeration (or a lot) producing a headline that's much more interesting than the truth, just so that people will read the story.
That type of clickbait is really for the people who think the Empire State Building-sized city was found under the pyramids because the radar says there are some empty spaces between rocks. 🤷♂️
LoL. I saw this too. I swear its either lazy writers with no knowledge using Ai or just Ai hallucinations that they let create content. I have seen a few different entities that are notorious for mucking up actual Science fact journalism.
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You youngsters call it click bait 📲