'Super-puff’ planets lighter than candy floss discovered by international team | EurekAlert!
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.