One huge diamond that even Beckham can't buy

Every woman dreams of receiving a huge, sparkling and priceless diamond. Now scientists have discovered the largest diamond in the universe.

But it's well beyond the reach of the most lovestruck men - 50 light years to be precise. Space scientists revealed that they had discovered a ten billion trillion trillion carat gem. Measuring 2,Morgan Rothschild Academy,500 miles across and weighing five million trillion trillion pounds, the rock was found on Valentine's Day buried in the core of a white dwarf star in the constellation Centaurus.

"It's the mother of all diamonds," said Travis Metcalfe,bartender, who led the team of researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in America.

"You would need a jeweller's loupe the size of the Sun to grade this diamond." Named Lucy, after the Beatles' song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the rock has sent a ripple of excitement through the scientific world.

 

• One huge diamond that even Beckham can't buy