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Researchers find 'fluffy oddball' of a planet with a composition similar to cotton candy
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoLocated over 1,200 light years from Earth, the "huge, fluffy oddball of a planet" orbits a distant...
Cosmic butterfly or interstellar burger? This planet-forming disk is the largest ever seen
SPACE.com· 5 hours agoThen in 2016, while conducting a survey of active galaxies in the region of...Berghea didn't know for sure what it was, but it appeared to have two parallel lobes with a dark lane between them ...
Scientists find new planet is as light as cotton candy
Houston Chronicle· 5 hours agoA study about the discovery was published on Tuesday in the journal Nature Astronomy. "The planet is...
New Earth-sized planet discovered next to star that will outlive the Sun
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoplanet has no atmosphere could be a plus in several respects. For example, it could enable us to...
Earth-size planet discovered around cool red dwarf star shares its name with a biscuit
SPACE.com· 11 hours agoAstronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting an ultracool red dwarf star similar in size to Jupiter. The red dwarf, located some 55 light-years away, is 100 times ...
Cotton candy exoplanet is 2nd lightest planet ever found
SPACE.com· 8 hours agoAstronomers have discovered a new planetary oddball beyond the solar system that is as fluffy and...
"Super fluffy": Planet resembling cotton candy discovered
Newsweek· 1 day agoThis makes it about 7 times less dense than our neighboring planet Jupiter, despite being 50 percent...
This giant gas planet is as fluffy and puffy as cotton candy - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoAstronomers have identified a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter yet surprisingly as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The exoplanet has exceedingly low density for its size ...
Researchers discover "super fluffy" planet with cotton candy-like density
CBS News· 1 day agoResearchers discovered a huge planet 1,200 light years from Earth with a density comparable to that of cotton candy, scientists said Monday. WASP-193b is an exoplanet, which ...
Scientists discover large, 'cotton candy-like' planet with unusually low density
Fox News· 13 hours agoAstronomers have discovered an exoplanet larger than Jupiter but incredibly lightweight, similar to...