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Diamonds, Neptune

It Is Literally Raining Diamonds On Neptune

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For the first time, lab experiments have provided strong evidence for the existence of “diamond rain” in the interior of “ice giant” planets Uranus and Neptune. The diamond rain was generated in a lab…

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Neptune, SPACE

Weird Object In Strange Orbit Located On Far Side Of Neptune | Your News Wire

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August 11, 2016 by Edmondo Burr

Scientists have discovered a tiny mysterious planet in a strange orbit beyond Neptune on the outer edge of the solar system.

Nicknamed Niku, it appears to be a trans-Neptunian object and it has got scientists baffled.

RT reports:

Niku, named after Chinese word for ‘Rebel’, has a diameter of just 200km (120 miles), is 160,000-times smaller than Neptune and behaves like no other similarly-sized planet in the Solar System.

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