New Technique for Finding Space Diamonds

When researchers examine meteorites, they often find them sprinkled with teeny tiny diamonds - 25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand. In fact, these nanodiamonds make up 3% of the carbon found in meteorites. Astronomers think diamonds might actually be common out there in the Universe, and they've developed a new technique to find them. Written by Fraser Cain

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