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Cotton Candy’ Planets: 2 Jupiter-Sized Super-Puffs found 1,110 light-years away
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Cotton Candy’ Planets: 2 Jupiter-Sized Super-Puffs found 1,110 light-years away

ARY News · Jun 29, 2026, 6:26 PM

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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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