SLAC’s X-ray laser and Matter in Extreme Conditions instrument allow researchers to examine the exotic precipitation in real-time as it materializes in the laboratory Earlier experiments that ...

The universe is stranger than you can imagine, and out in the depths of space, there are wild and weird exoplanets to be found — planets with glowing rivers of lava, or planets under gravitational ...

Menlo Park, Calif. — A new study has found that “diamond rain,” a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be more common than previously thought. In an earlier ...

The diamond rain is one of the most fascinating mysteries of space. It sounds like a fantasy story, but scientists believe this happens on planets like Neptune and Uranus. These two gas giants are ...

Scientists believe that Neptune and Uranus could both be home to a constant stream of "diamond rain". The two planets are considered "ice giants". They're mostly made of water, methane, and ammonia, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

That's some dazzling weather. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ice giants Uranus and Neptune don't get nearly enough press; ...

It’s raining diamonds! Well, it’s raining diamonds on other planets at least, including some in our Solar System. And scientists recently discovered that the conditions needed to create this wild ...