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The Planet Where It Rains Diamonds

On Jupiter and Saturn, lightning forges soot into diamonds that fall as glittering rain.

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Reviewed by the CurioVault curator · 8 October 2026 · Editorial standards

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On Jupiter and Saturn, lightning turns methane into soot, which hardens under pressure into diamonds as it falls. The diamonds melt into liquid diamond rain deeper in the atmosphere. First modelled by NASA in 2013.

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