One of the solar system ’s early planets didn’t survive, but its diamonds are now on Earth

Scientists have found the first hard evidence of a large and ancient protoplanet embedded in extraterrestrial diamonds that fell to Earth about 10 years ago.To be clear, the diamonds did not fall to Earth on their own. Instead, they were discovered inside a small asteroid that slammed into the...

Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 17, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Deborah Netburn Source Type: news