Scientists have discovered a "super puff" planet, and have hypothesized its density is similar to cotton candy.

Mackey et al, The Astrophysical Journal, May 10, 2024. Funding: NASA, ESA, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica. —Partly adapted ...

Astronomers have detected an enormous, fluffy planet with a density akin to that of cotton candy. Dubbed WASP-193b, the ...

Astronomers have discovered WASP-193 b, a giant planet with a density comparable to cotton candy. This extraordinary planet, ...

This planet is 150 percent the size of Jupiter, but is somehow 7 times less dense, and has 1 percent the density of Earth.

WASP-193b is 50% larger than Jupiter — the largest planet in our solar system — but seven times less massive because of it's ...

Located 1,200 light-years from Earth, WASP-193b is the second-lightest exoplanet ever discovered despite being larger than ...

An international team led by researchers from the EXOTIC Laboratory of the University of Liège, in collaboration with MIT and ...

WASP-193b's unusual traits present a puzzling challenge to scientists. Francisco Pozuelos, an astronomer at the Instituto de ...

The new planet was initially spotted by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP), an international collaboration that ...

Low-density “cotton candy planets” continue to be a cosmic puzzle for astronomers. Despite being 50 percent bigger than the ...

"We're at a loss to explain WASP-193b within the framework of existing formation theories," admits study co-author Francisco ...