Ballin' in Outerspace

You think, somewhere out there, there's an intergallactic episode of "Cribs" where some jackass alien musician is saying, "You wanna be a real balla, son? You get you a diamond PLANET!"

From The Huffington Post:

Scientists say the planet exists about 4,000 light years away from Earth, and is probably the remnants of a once-large dead star, Reuters reports. (Scroll down for video.)

"The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon," Matthew Bailes of the University of Technology in Melbourne told Reuters. He calls it "a massive diamond orbiting a neutron star every two hours in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun."

This sounds like something out of Futurama. And I feel bad for any guy in the market for an engagement ring. Once your lady gets wind of this, nothing less than a planet-sized rock will be good enough.