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Two Planets Lighter Than Candy Floss

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June 29, 2026 • 70 views
Original source: Universe Today

Astronomers have found two of the lightest worlds ever discovered, a pair of giant planets so wispy that, gram for gram, they are less dense than candy floss. Each is roughly the size of Jupiter yet holds almost nothing inside and the two circle the same distant star as siblings, locked in a gravita...

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