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Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: Somewhere, someone who once wrote some part of some episode for some of the Star Trek series is trying to figure out how to work this into a time trav... more »
Mycophage: "while bringing the up to the planet's usual 50,000 degrees" I'm assuming the word "temperature" is missing there. But there's a bigger problem, whic... more »
MargaretMoony: I would love, love, LOVE to see pictures of the Diamond seas of Neptune. Also, Doctor Who needs to do an episode about these STAT. more »
pixysix: I just want to say that "vast seas of liquid diamond, dotted with solid diamond chunks like icebergs" is quite possibly the most beautiful imagery tha... more »
Roklimber: More on this, from a different source: [www.physorg.com] more »
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New Evidence For Seas of Liquid Diamond On Neptune

Remote gas giant planets Neptune and Uranus could be covered in vast seas of liquid diamond, dotted with solid diamond chunks like icebergs. A new experiment revealed such oceans are plausible, and would explain some oddities about Neptune's magnetic field. More »
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Why Venus is the Second-Most Inhabitable Planet in Our Solar System

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Just In Case You Didn't Realize How Big Jupiter Was...

This is a picture of Jupiter's moon Io floating over the planet's clouds, to remind you how freaking huge Jupiter is. Io is the same size as our own moon. To celebrate the battle of Jupiter's Red Spots, in which the original Daddy Red seems to be in the process of eating the other two, the Boston Globe posted a set of the greatest Jupiter photos of all time, from NASA. Click through for a few of our favorites, including some truly spooky views of Europa and Io. More »
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