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NASA’s TESS Mission Reveals the “Puffiest” Planets Ever Found

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According to NASA, the TESS space telescope has identified two ultra-low-density exoplanets now ranked as the puffiest planets ever discovered. Despite their Jupiter size, both worlds have densities comparable to cotton candy—an extreme that challenges our understanding of planetary formation.

Source: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/tess/nasas-tess-mission...

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