by E.doc
This is a cool article about an idea that some scientists came up with. Basically, there could be a butt-load of diamonds on planets like Uranus and Neptune, which have very high pressures and temperatures, and have a high carbon content. They even think that there may be oceans of diamonds...literally. The temperatures and pressures are so high that the diamonds could have been liquefied and have solid diamond icebergs.
These diamond oceans could also explain the tilted magnetic poles on those planets. Earth's magnetic poles are on relatively opposite sides of the planet, but Uranus and Neptune have poles that can be up to 60 degrees off of the north-south axis. The diamond oceans could be getting in the way of the magnetic field.
Coooool!
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