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Cotton Candy’ Planets: 2 Jupiter-Sized Super-Puffs found 1,110 light-years away
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Scientists have discovered two of the lightest giant planets ever detected, dubbed ‘super-puffs’, orbiting a Sun-like star 1,110 light-years from Earth.
- The rare worlds, TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, are about the size of Jupiter but far less dense than cotton candy, challenging current ideas of how gas giants form.
- Meet TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c: The ‘Puffiest’ Planets Yet
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Scientists have discovered two of the lightest giant planets ever detected, dubbed ‘super-puffs’, orbiting a Sun-like star 1,110 light-years from Earth.
The rare worlds, TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, are about the size of Jupiter but far less dense than cotton candy, challenging current ideas of how gas giants form.
Meet TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c: The ‘Puffiest’ Planets Yet
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