Scientist discover 10 billion trillion trillion carat diamond

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
diamonds will be worth less than sand if we can get a hold of this thing

I sure hope so.

 

[BrokenVisage]

It's mine!

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: thehstrybean
Text

Astronomers expect our Sun will become a white dwarf when it dies 5 billion years from now. Some two billion years after that, the Sun's ember core will crystallise as well, leaving a giant diamond in the centre of the solar system.

"Our Sun will become a diamond that truly is forever," says Metcalfe.

And now we play the waiting game...

It will be like when cartman is waiting for the wii to come out.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
diamonds will be worth less than sand if we can get a hold of this thing

And a glorious day that would be.

Never understimate women. There are women who would never accept an artificial diamond (even though they have the same composition and cost far less), they insist on a natural diamond. With clever advertising, women could be convinced that a space diamond is not as meaningful as an earth diamond.

Diamonds are my biggest pet peeve. I don't know what i'll do if the woman I want to marry insists on a "real" diamond because i'm not buying one.

 

[purbeast0]

oh yea ... well MYYYYY diamond is worth 10 - 11 little african boys lives!!!!

i keed, i keed.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
diamonds will be worth less than sand if we can get a hold of this thing

And a glorious day that would be.

Never understimate women. There are women who would never accept an artificial diamond (even though they have the same composition and cost far less), they insist on a natural diamond. With clever advertising, women could be convinced that a space diamond is not as meaningful as an earth diamond.

Women are so manipulative...

 

[JujuFish]

10 decillion, huh?

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

Since when did a diamond become a metal?

And yeah I think the 50 light years away part means Be Beers has nothing to worry about.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

Since when did a diamond become a metal?

And yeah I think the 50 light years away part means Be Beers has nothing to worry about.

Well, not for at least 100 years, assuming someone discovers fast as light travel tomorrow

 

[Legend]

Something that large and dense would have a lot of gravity, and would probably be very difficult to break apart.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

Since when did a diamond become a metal?

And yeah I think the 50 light years away part means Be Beers has nothing to worry about.

Well, not for at least 100 years, assuming someone discovers fast as light travel tomorrow

I was reading in Popular Science a while back that the next big shuttle will travel at a max speed of 20,000 miles per hour and this shuttle isn't planned to be built for a while. Light travels at around 126,000 miles per second. It would still take a long time to get there even if we devolop much faster technology than we have now.

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Only 50 light years away? Let's go get it!!!

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

Since when did a diamond become a metal?

And yeah I think the 50 light years away part means Be Beers has nothing to worry about.

Well, not for at least 100 years, assuming someone discovers fast as light travel tomorrow

I was reading in Popular Science a while back that the next big shuttle will travel at a max speed of 20,000 miles per hour and this shuttle isn't planned to be built for a while. Light travels at around 126,000 miles per second. It would still take a long time to get there even if we devolop much faster technology than we have now.

Besides, don't things get heavier as they approach the speed of light? So fuel and thrust requirements go up *much* faster than your actual speed once you get beyond a certain point.

Nate

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

Since when did a diamond become a metal?

And yeah I think the 50 light years away part means Be Beers has nothing to worry about.

Well, not for at least 100 years, assuming someone discovers fast as light travel tomorrow

I was reading in Popular Science a while back that the next big shuttle will travel at a max speed of 20,000 miles per hour and this shuttle isn't planned to be built for a while. Light travels at around 126,000 miles per second. It would still take a long time to get there even if we devolop much faster technology than we have now.

Besides, don't things get heavier as they approach the speed of light? So fuel and thrust requirements go up *much* faster than your actual speed once you get beyond a certain point.

Nate

yes to balance the equation mass becomes infinite

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: yllus
So...anyone ever read Arthur C. Clarke's 2010 and 2100?

I *think* it's 2001, 2010, and 3001. There might be another one in there; I can't remember. I do know that 3001 is the last one, though.

Oh, and if anybody is curious: Great Star of Africa. I didn't know diamonds could explode :Q

Nate

 

[jakedeez]

dats allta dim

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: iroast

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Pay attention corporations. There's the financial motivation for space exploration right there.

good luck hauling a few teaspoons of it home:

The BBC's Sue Nelson
"A teaspoon-sized, white dwarf diamond, will weigh five tonnes"

How does that work? I realize that diamond is one of, if not *the* densest substances known, but I would think that there is some limit to how dense something can get.

Nathan

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

Since when did a diamond become a metal?

And yeah I think the 50 light years away part means Be Beers has nothing to worry about.

Well, not for at least 100 years, assuming someone discovers fast as light travel tomorrow

I was reading in Popular Science a while back that the next big shuttle will travel at a max speed of 20,000 miles per hour and this shuttle isn't planned to be built for a while. Light travels at around 126,000 miles per second. It would still take a long time to get there even if we devolop much faster technology than we have now.

Besides, don't things get heavier as they approach the speed of light? So fuel and thrust requirements go up *much* faster than your actual speed once you get beyond a certain point.

Nate

yes to balance the equation mass becomes infinite

Yeah, theoritically going the speed of light is impossible as long as you have mass.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm sure De Beers has already dispatched a team to retrieve or destroy it.

They just launched a few nukes at it. It never existed.

USELESS! DIAMONDS ARE THE HARDEST METALS KNOWN TO MAN.

Since when did a diamond become a metal?

And yeah I think the 50 light years away part means Be Beers has nothing to worry about.

Well, not for at least 100 years, assuming someone discovers fast as light travel tomorrow

I was reading in Popular Science a while back that the next big shuttle will travel at a max speed of 20,000 miles per hour and this shuttle isn't planned to be built for a while. Light travels at around 126,000 miles per second. It would still take a long time to get there even if we devolop much faster technology than we have now.

Besides, don't things get heavier as they approach the speed of light? So fuel and thrust requirements go up *much* faster than your actual speed once you get beyond a certain point.

Nate

yes to balance the equation mass becomes infinite

In which case it becomes impossible because one cannot have an infinite amount of power/thrust and fuel to overcome the infinite mass

 

[marulee]

Diamond star thrills astronomers.. yeah well.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
diamonds will be worth less than sand if we can get a hold of this thing

Wrong.