Did You Know? It Rains Diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn!
The extreme pressure and temperature on Jupiter and Saturn can turn carbon into diamonds that fall like rain!
It Rains Diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn! 💎
This sounds like a fairy tale, but it’s real: it actually rains diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn!
Lightning storms in the atmosphere turn methane gas into carbon. As the carbon falls deeper into the planet, the extreme pressure and heat compress it first into graphite, then into solid diamonds. Scientists estimate that about 1,000 tons of diamonds rain down on Saturn every year!
Magical Space Art 🎨
Draw a beautiful rain of sparkly diamonds falling through colorful gas clouds on Saturn! Ask your kids: “If it rained diamonds in your backyard, what would you build with them?”
Fun fact bonus: The largest known diamond in space is a star called “Lucy” — it’s a 10-billion-trillion-trillion-carat diamond, about 2,500 miles across! Named after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” 🎵
