Astronomers find Jupiter-size 'super-puff' planets so light they're less dense than cotton candy
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Astronomers find Jupiter-size 'super-puff' planets so light they're less dense than cotton candy
Two newly identified giant exoplanets are roughly Jupiter-sized, yet their material is so diffuse that each is less dense than cotton candy. As especially extreme examples of the rare "super-puff" class, the planets could give scientists new clues about how some of the strangest worlds in space take shape, according to CBS News. What happened? Around TOI-791, a sun-like star in the constellation Volans about 1,110 light-years from Earth, astrono…
This finding is part of a research led by the University of Oxford Researchers discover two of the lowest density giant planets ever detected: “supersponge” with densities lower than that of sugar cotton. This finding is part of a study led by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Université Côte d’Azur/Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and the University of Birmingham. The two planets, called TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, orbit a dwarf st…
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