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As detailed in a series of vireal TikTok videos by user Hope (@imurlasthope), an ad for Candy Planet has been circulating on the app, teasing a “candy bucket” for $51, featuring a variety of ...
This cotton candy planet isn’t alone; there are other similar planets belonging to a class scientists facetiously call “puffy Jupiters.” The lightest planet ever discovered is the superpuffy ...
"The planet is basically super fluffy." Astronomers have discovered a new planetary oddball beyond the solar system that is as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The extrasolar planet or "exoplanet ...
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet larger than Jupiter but incredibly lightweight, similar to cotton candy. The planet, named WASP-193b, has an unusually low density compared to gas giants ...
The celestial body, which scientists called the second lightest planet ever discovered, is so light that researchers are comparing its composition to that of cotton candy. Dubbed WASP-193b ...
"The reason why it's close to cotton candy is because both are pretty much air. The planet is basically super fluffly." Located 1,200 light years from Earth, WASP-193b orbits a Sun-like star ...
ATLANTA — What is big, with a fluffy, cotton candy-like composition? Turns out, a planet. An international coalition of astronomers has newly discovered an unusual planet, dubbed WASP-193b ...