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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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