Discover the largest diamond block in the universe

Astronomers have discovered the largest diamond in the universe. This diamond weighs about 10 billion thousand trillion caes. This cosmic diamond takes the form of a giant carbon crystal 4,000 kilometers in diameter, belonging to the Sagittarius Constellation and 50 light-years from Earth.

Scientists believe that the diamond is the center of a dead star and this star once shone like the sun. Astronomers named the diamond Lucy followed a Beatles ' Lucy song. In The Sky With Diamonds' (Lucy and the diamonds in the sky).

Astronomer Travis Metcalfe of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics - Smithsonian, the leader of the research team discovered that the gemstone block said ' It may be necessary to have a sun-sized magnifying glass to classify diamonds .
This space stone completely defeats all the diamonds ever found on earth. The largest diamond in the world today weighs 546 carats, found in the Republic of South Africa, named the African Star and now belongs to the British Royal Family. The African star is cut from a rock mass of 3.100 calories, the largest diamond block discovered on earth.

Lucy also has the scientific name BPM 37093, which is actually a crystallized ' white dwarf ' . ' White dwarf ' is the core of a star, left after the star depletes atomic energy and 'dies'. It is composed of carbon and is covered by a layer of hydrogen and helium gas.

White dwarfs not only shine but are also quite harmonious. Its rings are like a giant gong, enduring regular vibrations. Metcalfe said: 'By measuring those vibrations, we can study the internal structure of a white dwarf as seismologists use seismographs to measure earthquakes. We think that the carbon structure inside this white dwarf has frozen and formed the largest diamond in the galaxy. '

Astronomers believe that the sun will die in another 5 billion years and also become a white dwarf. about 2 billion years later it will become a similar and forever shining diamond in the solar system.