Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Diamonds that fell to Earth came from long-lost planet, researchers say

by Joseph Brean
 Astronomer Peter Jenniskens finds a fragment of the Almahata Sitta meteorite, which contains diamonds, on Feb. 28, 2009, in the Nubian desert of Sudan. NASA / SETI / P. Jenniskens

Specks of diamond inside a meteor that fell from space into the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan were formed inside a long-lost planet in the early years of the solar system, according to a new scientific report.

The surprisingly large size of these extraterrestrial gemstones is the first compelling and direct evidence for the mysterious planet that has since disappeared from the solar system, either by colliding and being absorbed into another planet, or being incinerated in the sun, or cast off into outer space...http://thestarphoenix.com/news/world/diamonds-that-fell-to-earth-came-from-long-lost-planet-researchers-say/wcm/e9062f62-482f-4a6b-9ad2-816456cd16c1

Related: Another lost planet that may exist in Jenniskens's mind, and apparently Nasa's mind.


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