The universe is full of tiny diamonds as small as one micrometer thickness (smaller than a human hair) that are located in the disks surrounding some stars, as confirmed by scientists who study at the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. These space diamonds become visible lines of light along the wavelength of infrared stars that possess them. The first time there was such a discovery was in 1983 with a very bright young star in Taurus, known as Elias 1.

An international team of astronomers from the German Max Plank Institute for Astronomy, University of Hokkaido in Japan, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) in Hawaii, University of Jena in Germany, and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark used observations from the Subaru Telescope to interpret why some stars have these diamonds.

One of the significant observations reveals that emissions from the diamond-disk stars are so focused and concentrated. Likewise, it is now currently known that diamonds are formed around stars and not from interstellar origin. Also, the stars that contain diamonds must have some special components such as a disk, a hot central star, and an accompanying emitting X-rays. Additionally, they must have an intermediate mass that can heat the disk to medium temperature.

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Via National Astronomical Observatory of Japan