An international collaboration has discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected: rare ‘super-puff’ planets with densities lower than candy floss. The study -led by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Université Côte d’Azur/Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and the University of Birmingham - has been published today (26 June) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy

NASA has revealed two new “super-puff” planets, giant worlds so light that their density is comparable to cotton candy. Scientists calculate that these Jupiter-sized planets are…

Rare planets are lightest known of their size