Diamond planet orbiting millisecond pulsar.
A more careful description of the planet involves elements like carbon and oxygen, "most likely crystalline in nature, like a diamond," but "like a diamond" is no more appealing to headline writers than it is to your girlfriend.
Inevitable Fitzgerald allusions remind me that TDABATR is available via the series of tubes, and still worth reading.
..."but "like a diamond" is no more appealing to headline writers than it is to your girlfriend."
Spit coffee on that one Ed!
Posted by: KevinW | Aug 26, 2011 at 08:24 AM
Hey, at least they put "diamond" in scare quotes, so you know that "diamond" means "not a diamond."
Posted by: David Wharton | Aug 26, 2011 at 09:23 AM
I've decided that the political divide and the ensuing problems caused are 99% the fault of headline writers.
Posted by: David Boyd | Aug 26, 2011 at 10:04 AM
How am I going to get that rock on my girlfriend's finger?
Posted by: Ron | Aug 26, 2011 at 04:15 PM
David Boyd wrote: "I've decided that the political divide and the ensuing problems caused are 99% the fault of headline writers."
Not sure about the actual numbers but I'm inclined to agree.
Posted by: Billy Jones | Aug 26, 2011 at 06:37 PM
If we look hard enough, we'll find a cubic zirconia star.
Posted by: justcorbly | Aug 26, 2011 at 07:27 PM