Astro-bling: scientists recreate 'diamond rain' of Neptune and Uranus
by Nicola Davis from on (#2ZW5D)
Using lasers and polystyrene, researchers say they have mimicked the high temperatures and pressures thought to cause diamond rain within ice giants
Diamond rain might sound like the stuff of poetry, but deep within the ice giants of our solar system it is thought to be reality - and now scientists say they have recreated the phenomenon.
The furthest flung true planets of our solar system, the ice giants Neptune and Uranus, are about 17 and 15 times the mass of Earth respectively.