Researchers find 2 giant planets with density lighter than cotton candy (opens original article in a new tab)
Researchers found two super-puff planets with densities lighter than cotton candy, orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away, making them the lightest known planets of their size.
- Researchers discovered two super-puff planets with densities lighter than cotton candy
- TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c orbit a dwarf star 1,110 light-years from Earth
- These planets have densities of 0.038 and 0.047 grams per cubic centimeter respectively
- Only four other systems are known to contain multiple super-puff planets
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