Diamond Planet Discovered

[Jack7]

Are you looking for something like real, if somewhat extreme, science, or do you just want stuff that sounds cool?

Actually I'm kinda partial to both. The cool, way out stuff for stories, and the more down to earth stuff for real world applications. (And even when it comes to fiction I like both speculative and mundane fiction/sci-fi.)

Of course the planet is too far away, and was formed under conditions too harsh for us to make much in the way of real world applications, other than possibly sensing applications. And studies of planetary formation, maybe drawing some general cosmological applications of planetary formation methods (for instance how likely is it given certain conditions that a particular planetary or stellar body might form of a given composition), assuming the planet is actually diamond or diamond-like in composition.

But no reason we, or anyone else, can't conjecture as they wish as far as I'm concerned. Imagination is more important than knowledge, as the old saw goes, and often cuts away more useless underbrush.

So run wild if you wish. All discoveries begin first as speculation.

If you've got a crazy idea you wouldn't be the first, and crazy ideas often lead to undiscovered countries. Or diamond planets. Take your pick.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, we COULD use the Diamond Planet to permanently mark the surfaces of other planets.

We could build a Dyson Sphere around it, shine multicolored lights off and/or through it and call the location Studio Infinity: the biggest disco in the universe!

As to making it into the lens of a giant death ray, I don't think any plan vulnerable to one hit from a NYC Jewish diamond district gem cutter is all that viable...

"With one blow of my hammer, I will make your meshuggena leaders go plotz as their plan literally falls to pieces!" ~ Commander Rabbi Ruben Goldstein, captain of the Star of Davidship Goliath's Doom

 

[Super Pony]

If we could bridge the gap in distance through space-magic we could just fire garbage at that planet and watch it get mooshed into super-awesome-paste in the 29,500ish times more powerful gravitational acceleration. It'd be like a giant crap compactor. We'd finally have a place to put all that tricky hazardous waste...and reality TV show contest runners up.

Sure we could just fire our garbage into the sun, but who wants to live that close to a burning pile of trash (or the girls from Rock of Love)!? NIMSS (Not In My Solar System).