• Supercomputer Suggests ‘Super Diamonds’ Could Exist in Space

    Supercomputer Suggests ‘Super Diamonds’ Could Exist in Space

    Diamonds are the hardest naturally occurring material on Earth, but a supercomputer just modeled stuff that’s even harder. Called a ‘super-diamond,’ the theoretical material could exist beyond our planet—and maybe, one day, be created here on Earth. Like normal diamonds, super-diamonds are made from carbon atoms. This specific phase of carbon, composed of eight atoms,…