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Listen up ladies (and any gentlemen with a spaceship), astronomers say they have discovered an exotic planet seemingly made of diamonds that's five times the size of Earth and with more mass than Jupiter. And get this, the diamond-crystal planet was discovered in our own Milky Way galaxy.

Researchers are debating the validity of a study that links El Niño to civil strife.

On the grounds of the Bodyworks weight loss campus in Beijing, 30 tubby men and women sweat profusely, gasping for air as they pound the treadmills in an exercise room.

Researchers have found an exotic planet made completely of diamond, orbiting an even more exotic star relatively close to Earth.

Workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold's Grasberg mine in Indonesia plan to stage a strike in coming days after talks with the company failed to resolve a pay dispute , a move that could tighten global copper supplies and lift prices.

In what can be called a gem of a discovery, astronomers at the University of Manchester found a rare planet made of diamonds, which orbits a pulsar about 4,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Serpens.

Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both men and women in the United States will be obese by 2030, health experts warned on Friday.

British film critics have poured scorn on U.S. actress Anne Hathaway for her northern English accent in the movie One Day, calling it variously another Hollywood stinker and all over the shop.

Scientists at the University of Manchester found a rare planet that seems to be made of diamond, orbiting a pulsar about 4,000 light-years away.

Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.

The first asteroid dust samples brought by a Japanese spacecraft back to Earth indicate that some of the most common meteorites to hit Earth might have originated from a single rocky ancestor in space, Japanese researchers say.

There's a planet made entirely of diamond out there in our Milky Way galaxy that an international team of scientist discovered orbiting a pulsar about 4,000 light-years away. This small diamond planet, which obits the pulsar PSR J1719-1438, is believed to be denser than platinum, but made entirely of oxygen and carbon.

United States captain Fred Couples ended speculation over whether Tiger Woods might be selected for the Presidents Cup in November by saying on Thursday the former world number one would be a wildcard pick.

A previously unknown pulsar was discovered 4,000 light years from Earth, scientists at the University of Manchester said. Scientists said that the star sits in the Milky Way.

In another victory for Apple's legal team, Dutch courts ruled that devices from rival Samsung would not be allowed to be allowed on shelves in the Netherlands due to patent infringement.

Scientists have discovered something that defies the imagination.

Astronomers Discover a Planet Made of Diamonds

While looking for pulsars, a team of scientists discovered an exotic planet orbiting the fast-spinning pulsar. While the planet was stripped of most of its mass, it was discovered to be crystallized, worthy to be identified as genuine diamond.

When the weather heats up, people get more uncomfortable and perhaps a little testy. But until now, no one has ever accused heat of causing war.

4,000 light years away exists an exotic planet made of diamond five times bigger than Earth,As part of an ongoing search for pulsars, the diamond planet was discovered by a team of astronomers, led by Professor Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

Gold Fields Ltd., a major gold mining company, warned Thursday that there were several Web sites that use Gold Fields branding and purport to be investment vehicles on behalf of the company.