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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Exoplanets exist outside the solar system and help us understand a bit more about how the universe works. “The planet is so ...

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

The new, 'fluffy' planet has been named 'WASP-193b' and was found to be located about 1,200 light years away from Earth, ...

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