LUCY WAY BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE WITH WHITE DWARVES

Astronomers have discovered the largest diamond in the universe in the core of an old sun about 50 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. The 10 billion trillion trillion carat diamond measuring at least 4,000 kilometers across is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon, technically a white dwarf left over after the star burned itself out. Officially known as BPM 37093, the diamond has been nicknamed “Lucy” after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Astronomers say that our sun will also become a white dward in about five billion years, leaving a massive cosmic diamond in the center of what’s left of our solar system. BBC