The 'bling' planets: Huge seas of liquid diamond discovered on Neptune and Uranus
- The massive seas include huge solid diamond chunks similar to icebergs
You cannot imagine many celebrities directing their attention away from the latest A-list party to catch up on developments in the world of science.
But they may well be interested in the latest bit of research from the planets of Neptune and Uranus.
Scientists have discovered that both planets could be covered in massive seas of liquid diamond - which include huge solid diamond chunks similar in size to icebergs.
Bling: Scientists have discovered that Neptune, pictured, and Uranus could be covered in massive seas of liquid diamond - which include huge solid diamond chunks similar in size to icebergs
Discovery: The massive oceans on Uranus, pictured, and Neptune could explain some oddities about the planets
The discovery was made following an experiment, as reported by i09.com, which revealed that the massive oceans could explain some oddities about the planets.
For this experiment, the researchers wondered what would happen to diamond if it was in an incredibly hot and high pressured environment such as Neptune's.
They decided to liquify the diamond at the levels seen on Neptune - which is about 11 million times that of Earth.
They also brought the temperatures up to 50,000 degrees, again, the level seen on Neptune.
They discovered that in these conditions, chunks of solid diamond appeared in the liquid - they even floating on top of it similar to sheets of ice.
The scientists believe that the seas of diamond could explain how the magnetic fields of the planets became warped - the magnetic pole is about 60 degrees off from the geologic one.
Glamorous: When scientists recreated the conditions on Neptune, they discovered that chunks of solid diamond appeared in the liquid diamond
The study was carried out to explain two things. The first was what could cause the magnetic poles of both planets to be so different to their geographic poles. Secondly, what would cause the planets to have a 10 per cent carbon make-up.
Scientists believe the answer to both of these questions is diamond seas. The experiment suggested that these seas would behave similar to water oceans.