Scientists Discover the First Carbon-Rich Planet—Which May Have Mountains of Diamonds

On the 9th of December, Astronomers Madhusudhan, Harrington and colleagues recently discovered a massive gas giant planet, orbiting a star which they have coined the first carbon-rich world ever observed. The planet, called WASP-12b was observed with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, using a technique in astronomy circles called a secondary eclipse (when the planet is blocked by its star). The planet itself was discovered last year but this new discovery has successfully assessed its atmosphere, proving that this is the first planet discovered that has the carbon-to-oxygen ratios reversed. This most recent discovery was built upon previously studies from ground-based operations and it is a game changer for future observations. (by Dr Michio Kakau) 
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It'll be interesting to see how religions -- especially the Abrahamic ones -- respond to this discovery. Also don't forget Hollywood -- diamonds = greed =capitalism. AHA! Another sci-fi space-evil-mining-corporation-anti-capitalist movie might be forthcoming. Yes, we can!