team of astronomers discovered a planet very hot and mainly composed of diamond, two times larger than Earth."The surface of this planet is covered by the diamond," said Nikku Madhusudhan, one of the astronomers at Yale University, Connecticut.
"It is a rocky planet with a different chemical composition from that of the Earth," said astronomer.
This rocky planet has a radius twice larger than that of Earth, or 12 747 miles. Located about 40 light years away from Earth (one light year is equal to 9 461 billion kilometers)
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