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, ...

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

The discovery is 50% larger than Jupiter but nearly half as denseScientists have discovered a huge planet with the density of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Contact Details Mr Josè Manuel Abad Liòn Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias +34922605182 jmabad@ll.iac.es International participation in the GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS (GTC) -the world’s ...