Deep inside Neptune and Uranus the pressure is thought to crush carbon into diamonds, which then sink slowly through the planet as a glittering rain

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Deep in the ice giants, methane is thought to break apart and the freed carbon crystallise into diamond that sinks toward the core. In 2017 a team at SLAC recreated the key step in the lab. The evidence, and why it is a strong case rather than a sighting. The post Deep inside Neptune and Uranus the pressure is thought to crush carbon into diamonds, which then sink slowly through the planet as a glittering rain appeared first on Space Daily .