"Cotton Candy Density Found on Newly Discovered Clown Planet"

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Source: Futurism
"Cotton Candy Density Found on Newly Discovered Clown Planet"
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Scientists have discovered an exoplanet called WASP-193b, located 1,200 light years away, which is roughly 50 times the size of Neptune but has only about one percent the density of Earth. Dubbed an "extremely low-density super-Neptune," WASP-193b belongs to a rare class of cloud-like planets that are fluffy like cotton candy. Despite its age of up to six billion years, it challenges the prevailing theory about the formation of such "super-puff" planets. Further research is needed to understand the unique properties of WASP-193b and the mysteries of the universe.

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