Astronomers find biggest super-puff planets yet that are lighter than cotton candy
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The coverage culminated in reports that NASA’s TESS spacecraft and an international team identified two super‑puff exoplanets—Jupiter‑sized worlds about 1,000 times larger than Earth yet lighter than cotton candy—located roughly 1,100 light‑years away. These planets were described as the biggest and lightest gas giants ever found.
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Meet the 'Super-Puff' Planets Newser · 91d ago
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Two “Super-Puff Planets” The Size Of Jupiter Have Masses 10-20 Times That Of Earth IFLScience · 91d ago broke it first
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