[LINK] Two Centauri Dreams links

[rfmcdpei]

First, the possibility of diamond oceans on Uranus and Neptune is broached.

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley demonstrated about ten years ago that the high temperatures and pressures found inside planets like these can turn methane into diamond, and in fact that the diamonds settling into Neptune’s core could account for the

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[roseembolism]

DeBeers is right now putting in a claim for the planets Uranus and Neptune.

In other news, it's interesting that theory is now swinging back to allowing for the existence of terrestrial planets in the Alpha Centauri system. Given that a. Centauri has been the focus of any number of science fiction stories and more serious plans for interstellar exploration, there's a lot of potential interest here.

I have to wonder- how old is the a. Centauuri system? That could make a huge difference, if planetary formation is slower in a binary system. Let's see.... According to a quick search a. Centauri is around 6 billion years old, older than Sol. Hum.

[absinthe_dot_ca]

Centauri is around 6 billion years old, older than Sol.

Yes, that is considerably older than 6000 years. (Tongue in cheek!)