January 2, 2008; Ten Billion Trillion Trillion Carat Diamond

xoxoxoBruce · 01-02-2008, 02:19 AM

PRAVDA, RU, claims scientists have discovered the largest diamond, evah!

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Astronomers discovered the largest diamond of all times in space. The weight of the precious stone reportedly makes up ten billion trillion trillion carats or five million trillion trillion pounds).

The space diamond is virtually an enormous chunk of crystallized carbon, 4,000 kilometers in diameter. The stone is located at a distance of 50 light years from Earth, in the Constellation Centaurus.

Scientists believe that the diamond is the heart of an extinct star that used to shine like the Sun. Astronomers have already dubbed the space diamond as Lucy in a tribute to the Beatles song ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.’

If you don't want to travel 50 light years for a piece of it, all you have to do is wait.

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Astronomers say that our Sun will die in five billion years and become a white dwarf too. About two billion years after it will turn into a similar diamond that will continue to sparkle in the center of the solar system forever.

Nikolai · 01-02-2008, 06:53 PM

Yes first, yeah I know Im lame but still, and my god,

A businessman boarded a plane to find, sitting next to him, an elegant woman wearing the largest, most stunning diamond ring he had ever seen.

He asked her about it.

"This is the Catto diamond," she said.

"It is beautiful, but there is a terrible curse that goes with it."

"What's the curse?"

the man asked.

"Mr. Catto."

HungLikeJesus · 01-02-2008, 07:57 PM

Stock in De beers is about to drop like a rock.

frasier123 · 01-02-2008, 08:04 PM

This is certainly cool physics news but this picture is certainly a poory photoshopped "artist's conception"

...right?

HungLikeJesus · 01-02-2008, 08:08 PM

Wow - 2 posts in 5 years. Is that a record?

LJ · 01-02-2008, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by frasier123

This is certainly cool physics news but this picture is certainly a poory photoshopped "artist's conception"

...right?

it does have a certain "Flash Gordon" special effects quality to it, doesn't it? ooooowah!

Sperlock · 01-02-2008, 08:35 PM

I think Pink Floyd's 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' works here too:

"Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond."

Sheldonrs · 01-02-2008, 09:20 PM

What I want to know is Where's Elizabeth Taylor?

Gravdigr · 01-02-2008, 09:23 PM

You know how fabulous diamonds have a proper name, like: The Hope Diamond? This one will probably be called The Holy Fucking Shit Diamond.

Crimson Ghost · 01-02-2008, 10:34 PM

It's nice and all, but is there a setting that'll be tasteful, yet understated?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-02-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by frasier123

This is certainly cool physics news but this picture is certainly a poory photoshopped "artist's conception"

...right?

I think you're right.
This is the other artists conception I've seen... not as pretty.

frasier123 · 01-02-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I think you're right.
This is the other artists conception I've seen... not as pretty.

but probably much more realistic

Elspode · 01-02-2008, 11:45 PM

All I can think of is Daffy Duck shoving Bugs Bunny off of it while saying, "Back, back, back! Mine, mine mine!!!"

xoxoxoBruce · 01-02-2008, 11:49 PM

spudcon · 01-03-2008, 02:42 AM

Are you sure it's an artists conception? Aren't there other suns out there quartered like a grapefruit, and photographed by Dick Tracy, or Captain Kirk or something?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I think you're right.
This is the other artists conception I've seen... not as pretty.

01-02-2008, 07:57 PM	#3
HungLikeJesus What makes you think I'm done playing with it? Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 4,757	Stock in De beers is about to drop like a rock. __________________ I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-02-2008, 08:08 PM	#5
HungLikeJesus What makes you think I'm done playing with it? Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 4,757	Wow - 2 posts in 5 years. Is that a record? __________________ I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-02-2008, 08:35 PM	#7
Sperlock Wanted Driver Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 270	I think Pink Floyd's 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' works here too: "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond." __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com Last edited by Sperlock; 01-02-2008 at 08:37 PM. Reason: Gotta remember to type everything I want before posting.

01-02-2008, 09:20 PM	#8
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01-02-2008, 10:34 PM	#10
Crimson Ghost Don't waste your time searching for those wasted years. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 3,935	It's nice and all, but is there a setting that'll be tasteful, yet understated? __________________ *Kraut Pride World Wide* We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I don't know if I'm alive and dreaming, or dead and remembering. Death has a dignity all its own.

01-02-2008, 06:53 PM	#2
Nikolai Greener than the rest Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near London Posts: 62	Yes first, yeah I know Im lame but still, and my god, A businessman boarded a plane to find, sitting next to him, an elegant woman wearing the largest, most stunning diamond ring he had ever seen. He asked her about it. "This is the Catto diamond," she said. "It is beautiful, but there is a terrible curse that goes with it." "What's the curse?" the man asked. "Mr. Catto."

01-02-2008, 08:04 PM	#4
frasier123 Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3	This is certainly cool physics news but this picture is certainly a poory photoshopped "artist's conception" ...right?

01-02-2008, 09:23 PM	#9
Gravdigr Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 2,868	You know how fabulous diamonds have a proper name, like: The Hope Diamond? This one will probably be called The Holy Fucking Shit Diamond.

01-02-2008, 11:45 PM	#13
Elspode Serve ice cold, add salt to taste Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,172	All I can think of is Daffy Duck shoving Bugs Bunny off of it while saying, "Back, back, back! Mine, mine mine!!!" __________________ Peas and Logic, Patrick "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." Douglas Adams

01-02-2008, 11:49 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 36,410	__________________ The Truth and Robert Shapiro Shall Set You Free.

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