Tag: Puffy

Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm

Sub-Neptune planets that dance in time with the rest of their planetary systems are less dense than those that don’t, planetary scientists have found. Though notably absent from the solar system, the most common planets in the Milky Way are known as “sub-Neptunes,” or worlds with sizes between those of Earth and the ice giant […]

First Glimpse Inside Bizarre Planet Reveals What Makes It So Puffy

For the first time, the JWST has given us a detailed breakdown of the interior of a world outside our Solar System. The extremely strange exoplanet WASP-107b has an atmosphere surprisingly low in methane, which suggests that the interior of the exoplanet must be significantly hotter than we thought – and its core more massive […]

This giant gas planet is as fluffy and puffy as cotton candy

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have identified a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter yet surprisingly as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The exoplanet has exceedingly low density for its size, an international team reported Tuesday. The gas giants in our solar system — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — are much denser. “The […]