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Charlie Duffield

Scientists discover new gas giant planet - and it has the density of a marshmallow

Astronomers have unearthed a huge gas giant planet with the density of a marshmallow, which is encircling a cool red dwarf star situated 580 light-years from Earth.

The Jupiter -like exoplanet is the lowest-density world ever seen orbiting a red dwarf, reports Space.com.

Red dwarf stars are the tiniest and dimmest stars and are still converting hydrogen to helium in their cores via nuclear fusion, which is a part of the star's life named "the main sequence".

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