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Diamonds From Space;Scientists Seek Clues To Primordial Events
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In the vast reaches of interstellar space, there are microscopic
diamonds, scientists reported yesterday.
The diamonds were found in four meteorites that have crashed to
Earth in recent times, and are possibly the oldest particles ever
found on earth, dating back more than 4.5 billion years to a time
before the solar system was formed, according to University of
Chicago researchers who reported the finding in the March 12 issue of
Nature, the British science journal.
The diamonds are so small that billions of them can fit in a
single drop. They are the first particles believed to have ...
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