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Astronomers Find Biggest Super-Puff Planets Yet That Are Lighter Than Cotton Candy

Astronomers have identified two unprecedentedly light exoplanets, both roughly the size of Jupiter. These "super-puffs" possess densities lower than cotton candy, making them the least dense Jovian-sized worlds discovered to date. Located approximately 1,110 light-years away, these planets orbit a star in the constellation Volans. Their extreme lightness suggests they are primarily composed of hydrogen and helium. Follow-up observations with the James Webb Space Telescope are anticipated to confirm their atmospheric composition. Scientists determined their density by studying their orbits using Earth-based telescopes. Jupiter, for context, is significantly denser, up to 35 times that of these newly found planets. Super-puffs are considered rare cosmic phenomena, believed to originate in gas-rich environments around young stars. Over time, they tend to shed much of their initial mass. Currently, NASA has confirmed nearly 6,300 exoplanets, with fewer than forty classified as super-puffs. The research detailing this discovery has been published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.