SLAC scientist Mungo Frost, who spearheaded the research, explained the significance of diamond rain, noting its potential to influence the internal dynamics and composition of Neptune and Uranus.

A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers ... in the solar system), from the fact that it may rain diamonds to discovering previously-unknown moons.

Scientists have speculated for years that diamonds are abundant in the cores of the smaller, cooler gas giants, Neptune and Uranus ... determined that diamond rain is very likely.