• Question: Why does it rain diamonds on Neptune?

    Asked by benhagan to Charlotte, Dhvanil, Frank, Jim, Leila on 15 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by jkgc12.
    • Photo: Jim O Doherty

      Jim O Doherty answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      Neptune’s atmosphere has a lot of a gas called methane, which turns into diamond at the high temperatures and pressures found inside Neptune. People at a University in California did this as an experiment this over 10 years ago!

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