Astronomers Spot a Massive “Diamond Planet” Orbiting a…

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This is one of the most amazing finds in the last 10 years.  Neutron stars are responsible (or at least a lot of astronomers think so) for FRBs.  Fast radio bursts are not often detected and they come from deep space.  And in this video they found a strange planet orbiting a neutron star.

Using the giant Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales, Australia, astrophysicists have found an incredibly dense planet comprised of crystalized carbon — the stuff of diamonds — in orbit about a pulsar.

Although most of us think of The Hubble when it comes to big telescopes, there are actually a lot of superpowerful ones around the world.  There is another in Chile (ESO) and this one in New South Wales made this crazy discovery as noted again.

And there is a large telescope being built in China right now.

Let’s check out what this might look like in the video on page 2

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