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Una Hajdari

Bigger than Jupiter, lighter than cotton candy: Astronomers discover two ‘super-puff’ planets

Astronomers have discovered a pair of giant planets lighter than cotton candy, or "super-puffs," the size of Jupiter orbiting a star more than 1,000 light-years away.

The featherweight duo are the biggest exoplanets ever found with such a low density, making them the lightest known planets of their size, according to George Dransfield of the University of Oxford, who led the research.

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