Today’s physics news: scientists unearth a once-massive star that has been transformed into a planet made of diamond, and more

Today’s physics news: scientists unearth a once-massive star that has been transformed into a planet made of diamond, and more

Astronomers discover planets made of diamonds
Scientists at the University of Manchester think they have unearthed a once-massive star in the Milky Way that has been transformed into a small planet made of diamonds. The find is reported in the journal Science.
Mail
The Times

Asteroid visit finds familiar dust
Dust grains scooped from a 500-metre-long asteroid have been linked to the most common type of meteorites found on Earth, report a team of Japanese scientists in a suite of papers in Science today.
Nature

Peering into the past of near-Earth asteroids
Eight years after the Hayabusa mission was launched to retrieve material from a near-Earth asteroid, the first scientific analyses of these rocks have been released.
Physics World

Russia grounds rockets after loss of space freighter
Russia has grounded its fleet of Soyuz rockets after an unmanned spacecraft carrying cargo for the space station crashed shortly following launch
BBC