how are diamonds in space made?

Question

I’m not really sure how diamonds are made on earth, either. I know it’s something to do with the pressure of the earth compressing them over a long long period of time, but by that rough logic, how could they be formed in space? For example i read that It LITERALLY rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter, and there’s been evidence of small meteors crashing into earth and leaving discards of diamonds everywhere, from space.

In: Geology

Answer 1

they’re not formed in space. they’re formed in high pressure conditions. Jupiter and Saturn are MASSIVE and meet those conditions you can fit 10 Earth’s in a line inside Jupiter.