Is it true that they can now make near perfect Diamonds in space?

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Perhaps this is where the idea came from: www.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw ASTRONOMERS DEBATE DIAMONDS IN SPACE Most chemical elements in the Universe are produced in the stars, and thus the stars' environments act as huge chemical factories. The European Space Agency's infrared space telescope, ISO, has detected, in the dust surrounding a star, the chemical signature of a mysterious compound made of carbon, whose nature is being actively debated by astronomers all over the world. While some say it could be a very tiny diamond, others think it is the famous football-shaped molecule called 'fullerene' or 'buckyball'. If either of these hypotheses is confirmed it will be interesting news for industry as well. ... Astronomers think these ISO results will help solve the mystery of the true nature of the compound. Their publication by two different groups, from Spain and Canada, has triggered a debate on the topic, both in astronomy institutes and in chemistry laboratories. At present, mixed teams of astrophysicists and chemists are investigating in the lab compounds whose chemical signature or 'fingerprint' matches that detected by ISO. Neither diamonds nor fullerenes have ever been detected in space, but their presence has been predicted. Tiny diamonds of pre-solar origin --older than the Solar System-- have been found in meteorites, which supports the as yet unconfirmed theory of their presence in interstellar space. The fullerene molecule, made of 60 carbon atoms linked to form a sphere (hence the name 'buckyball'), has also been extensively searched for in space but never found. See also another source (music) www.fortunecity.com .................... May 27 02, 12:16 PM

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