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What's Hot This Week Surprise! Alien Planet Made of Diamond Discovered by Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor A newly discovered alien planet that formed from a dead star is a real diamond in the rough. The super-high pressure of the planet, which orbits a rapidly pulsing neutron star, has likely caused the carbon within it to crystallize into an actual diamond, a new study suggests. Extraterrestrial Hurricanes: Other Planets Have Huge Storms, Too by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer By Earth standards, Hurricane Irene is a monster storm. But it's just a baby compared to the massive cyclones of Jupiter and Saturn. Sponsored by: Closest Supernova in 25 Years Is a 'Cosmic Classic,' Astronomers Say Milky Way's Baby Stars Linked to Stellar Growth Spurt NASA Chose Right Museums for Retired Space Shuttles, Report Finds Comet Double Feature: Comets Elenin & Garradd Now Showing in Night Sky Mystery Solved: Earth's Meteorites Came From Stony Asteroids