Treasures in the Solar System

Hai Vuong Tinh and Uranus may be possessing liquid diamond oceans with icebergs of precious stones, the Telegraph newspaper led by American team of Lawrence Livermore National Research Bureau at California said.

Unlike the earth, these two giant spheres do not have magnetic poles at geographic poles, but the magnetic field lines are skewed at different angles and range between 45 and 60 degrees.

Carbon accounts for up to 10% of the planet's structure, and scientists believe that an ocean of diamond in liquid form could deflect the angle of the magnetic field when the planet rotates, helping explain the actual situation there.

In laboratory conditions with similar pressure levels on Neptune and Uranus, scientists found small pieces of diamond in solid form that formed like ice sheets on liquid carbon.

Accordingly, the team fired a laser at a diamond a half millimeter wide, 1/10 carat high pressure, similar to environmental conditions on the two planets. Diamonds have been liquefied at pressures 40 million times higher than the pressure at sea surface on Earth and since then, they have begun to gradually reduce temperature and pressure.

When the pressure drops to just 11 million times and the temperature drops to 50,000 degrees Celsius, solid arrays begin to appear on the surface of liquid carbon. They appear more often under pressure and temperature conditions continue to decrease.