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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Science / Economy WE'RE RRRRRRICH!!!

Posted by Lindy West on Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Via Reuters.

(Thanks to Meags.)

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Newt Gingrich just bought it. He put it on his Tiffany's charge account.

Posted by CATSPAW666 on August 25, 2011 at 2:08 PM

Does this mean that David Lee Roth can finally go home and reclaim his birthright?

Posted by knobtheunicorn on August 25, 2011 at 2:09 PM

I take it the planet's name is Lucy?

Posted by Akbar Fazil on August 25, 2011 at 2:13 PM

GREAT NEWS LADIES!!

Posted by Meags on August 25, 2011 at 2:16 PM

@2 - thanks for coming up with the david lee roth joke that i couldn't.

Posted by no marketable skills on August 25, 2011 at 2:20 PM

I certainly hope none of these astronomers meet an untimely or suspicious demise.

Ok, that sucked. What 1-4 said.

Posted by Dougsf on August 25, 2011 at 2:23 PM

Look again. The planet is now diamonds.

Posted by Normal Adjacent on August 25, 2011 at 2:24 PM

Doesnt suprise me as people have found meteorites that contained diamond. Didnt look anything like a raw diamond, looked more like a cookie sheet filled with burned marshmellows, but that alone told scientists that diamond could be fabricated into any shape you want. This will pave the way for diamond circuits and radios that just kick the crap out of anything we use today.

Posted by Kinison

on August 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM

Planet De Beers!

Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER on August 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM

De Beers is already reported to be in the process of assembling an exploding rocket powered by burning poor Africans so they can head out there and mine it.

Posted by Zebes

on August 25, 2011 at 2:32 PM

Looks like Steve Jobs has somewhere to spend his retirement.

Posted by gadiac on August 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM

@5 de nada mi amigo, de nada.

Posted by knobtheunicorn on August 25, 2011 at 2:50 PM

That's nothing. I have a friend who's a leading astronomer who identified a planet made of Brooklyn Bridges.

Posted by seatackled on August 25, 2011 at 3:06 PM

Did another galaxy smuggle it out in its butt?

Posted by Geni on August 25, 2011 at 3:16 PM

@7: Goddammit, beat me to the punch.

Posted by venomlash on August 25, 2011 at 3:41 PM

@15 or more nerdly, "Good to know Magrathea is back in business."

Posted by Normal Adjacent on August 25, 2011 at 4:02 PM

A strange muted roaring sound was heard emanating from Elizabeth Taylor's grave.

Posted by Fnarf

on August 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM

Bah... 200 million years from now it will all be graphite anyway.

Posted by Jonathank5 on August 25, 2011 at 4:45 PM

I bet we have warp drive in about 6 months now.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on August 25, 2011 at 4:52 PM

I hear they're using it for the drill bit for the Deeply Borrowed Tunnel.

They promise it will only cost $5 to ship it to Seattle and there is no danger of it being stolen ...

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 25, 2011 at 4:55 PM

@16: Hopefully this diamond planet will have some nice fjords.

Posted by venomlash on August 25, 2011 at 5:58 PM

I've been there...very gaudy to say the least.

Posted by Last of the Time Lords on August 25, 2011 at 6:43 PM

I'd be concerned. I watched that very episode of Doctor Who -- there's nothing really good that can come out of traveling to (or around) a planet made of diamonds.

Posted by the stewardess on August 25, 2011 at 7:40 PM

How do they know its not actually cubic zirconia?

Posted by dangerkitty5000

on August 25, 2011 at 10:49 PM

I think Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords called this one...

When their manager Murray buys the band three stars, for $50 each, for their investment portfolio - he speculates that they could all move up there in 10 years' time...

Murray: "Imagine a planet full of coal. You get up there, oh my God, it's coal everywhere. Imagine how much that would be worth."

Bret: "What about a planet of, um, diamonds and rubies?"

Murray: "Well, it would be nice. A lot of things would be nice, Bret, particularly if they were real."

Posted by blackhook on August 26, 2011 at 1:08 AM