Many people don’t realize that wood, though common on Earth, is actually far rarer than diamonds when considered on a universal scale.
This is because wood can only form under very specific environmental conditions—like the presence of sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and a stable terrestrial environment—making it an exceptionally rare occurrence beyond our planet.
While carbon, the element that makes up both diamonds and wood, is abundant throughout space, only Earth-like planets offer the conditions necessary for trees to grow and photosynthesize, which is essential to forming wood.
In contrast, diamonds can form more easily under high pressure and temperature deep within planets, making them far more likely to occur in the cosmos than something as biologically complex and environmentally dependent as wood.
