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

This exoplanet is larger but seven times less massive than Jupiter and is the second least dense planet discovered to date.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A new, giant exoplanet — the second least dense known so far — has been discovered about 1,200 light-years away from Earth.

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

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