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Bizarre ‘Cotton-Candy’ Planet Is Changing Our Sense of What’s Possible

Bizarre ‘Cotton-Candy’ Planet Is Changing Our Sense of What’s Possible
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An exoplanet located 212 light-years away is roughly the same size as Jupiter, but it’s 10 times lighter. The discovery is challenging our conceptions of how gas giants form and grow and the types of planets that can exist.

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