Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Diamond rain is not just a fictional story. But in other parts of space, this phenomenon could occur.
One study used plastic to create the unique precipitations that form on Uranus and Neptune. According to German HZDR physicist and study author, Dominik Kraus, the precipitation of diamonds on both is different from the rain that falls on Earth.
The surfaces of both planets are filled with hot, thick liquid, where shells formed and slowly sank into the rocky core 10,000 kilometers away. It is there that the diamonds form large layers that stretch for hundreds of kilometres Scientific alarmFriday (11/11/2022).
Diamonds are also likely to be different from those found on Earth. I mean, it’s not shiny and can be cut, but presumably it’s as hard as the same material as here.
Researchers are trying to replicate the process. They found the necessary mixtures, such as carbon, hydrogen and oxygen with a PET plastic source. These plastics are used in everyday food packaging and bottles.
The research team transformed a high-power optical laser into plastic at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California. Kraus describes very short bursts of X-rays of extraordinary brightness and can witness the processing of nano-diamonds, which are small to be seen with the naked eye.
“The oxygen, which is present in large quantities on these planets, really helps absorb the hydrogen atoms from the carbon, so diamonds are actually easier to form,” he said.
But the diamond rain phenomenon is still a hypothesis, he said Scientific alarm. Because the data and information related to Uranus and Neptune are still few.
Until now there was only one spacecraft, NASA’s Voyager 2, that was capable of both in the 1980s. After 40 years, the submitted data is still used in research.
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