'Super-puff' planets lighter than candy floss discovered by international team

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An international collaboration has discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected: rare "super-puff" planets with densities lower than candy floss. The study, led by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Université Côte d'Azur/Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur and the University of Birmingham, has been published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.