Is it true that it rains diamonds on Uranus and Neptune?

Consider this your daily reminder that the solar system is even more awesomely bonkers than you realized: On Uranus and Neptune, scientists forecast rain storms of solid diamonds. The gems form in the hydrocarbon-rich oceans of slush that swath the gas giants' solid cores. read more

See It s Raining Diamonds on Neptune and Uranus for a fuller explanation of the theory. read more

At that moment, the diamonds began to form. The process lasted only a fraction of a second, and the diamonds were no bigger than a nanometer in length. But Kraus and his colleagues believe that the diamonds that develop on Uranus and Neptune are probably bigger and longer-lasting. read more

Maybe so, as astronomers have long found oddities in the magnetic poles of the two ice-giants of our solar system, Neptune and Uranus. Both strangely have magnetic poles that are off by as much as 60 degrees from their geological poles, which is in stark contrast to Earth’s. read more