It is predicted that in a few billion years, the Earth will be captured by the “diamond zombie”.

A “cosmic diamond” is forming 104 light-years from our planet, offering yet another scenario for the future of Earth’s parent star.

AS WELL AS the number of stars the size of the sun or smaller, many times larger will collapse into white dwarfs in the later stages of their lives, which are “zombies” that are essentially energy depleted but still have some activity. , before officially exploding as a supernova, mixing up the remaining matter in the universe.

However, an international research team led by Dr. Alexander Venner from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) discovered a Another end of the white dwarf: turning into a diamond.

Graphic image of a diamond-like white dwarf star

Graphic image of a diamond-like white dwarf star – (Photo: ƬHAVARD-SMƖTHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICS CENTER).

Theo Scientific Alert, cosmic diamond in formation is HD 190412cabout 4.2 billion years old, belongs to a system of three other known stars called HD 190412.

Using data from the powerful sky-mapping satellite – the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft, Dr. Venner’s team discovered HD 190412 is highly crystallizing thanks to its composition rich in carbon and oxygen.

It’s unclear if it will become a literal diamond block or a type “Super Diamond” cannot be imagined, because the density of white dwarfs (more than 1 million kg/m3) is denser than the density of diamonds on Earth (3,500 kg/m3).

But in theory, there are isotopes of carbon in the universe that allow this star to do this.

The outgoing face is also a star and will also collapse into a white dwarf, so the new discovery is another scenario for its future – in addition to the more common scenario of a supernova explosion, which is expected to occur within 5 billion years to come.

The supernova scenario is more likely, because the sun has a main composition of helium and hydrogen, and the amount of carbon and oxygen is lower than most newly discovered stars.

However, it is also uncertain whether our earth later revolves around a diamond block or feels alone because of the total loss of its mother, because we can only reach this stage if we come out of this phase. . “Red Giant Star” of the parent star.

Before turning into a white dwarf, it will explode one last time into a much larger red sphere. This dying red giant is so massive it could accidentally swallow some of the nearest planets, including Mercury, Venus and possibly Earth, some previous studies have predicted.

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