Astronomers Find a Planet of Diamond

55 Cancri e orbits a star, which is visible to the naked eye, but is too close to it's sun, to support human life.

However, recent discoveries made by astronomers may make it one of humanity's first destinations.

What makes it exciting is that a third of it's mass appears to be made up of diamond.

Yes, a third of an entire planet that's made out of a material considered to be one of the most valuable, to humans.

The planet is about twice the size of earth, and a whole year, for it, lasts about eighteen of our hours.

How soon will we be there? Well it's about forty light years away, or two hundred thirty trillion miles distant.