Diamond rains within the interiors of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune could be more common than previously believed.

The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.

Alien weather can get intense. On Neptune and Uranus, for example, the skies rain literal diamonds. Gravitational forces on these ice giants can become so strong, they pressurize carbon into solid ...

A new study has found that "diamond rain," a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be more common than previously thought.

Diamonds from plastic A powerful laser was fired at a thin piece of PET plastic, generating a shock wave that created nanodiamonds. (Courtesy: HZDR / Blaurock) Firing powerful laser pulses at pieces ...

Diamonds on Earth are pretty rare, despite being a girl’s best friend. But on ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune, it is expected that diamonds rain down through the atmosphere. Now, lab ...

Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.

It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets, which means that it might rain diamonds on up to a third of the planets we have discovered so far ...

Compressed carbon compounds can turn into diamonds at less extreme temperatures than researchers thought were required, which may make diamond rain a common phenomenon inside ice giants.

On ice giants like Uranus and Neptune, it’s thought that the extreme pressure would compress elements like hydrogen and carbon to form solid diamonds that then fall through the atmosphere like rain.

The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.