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An artist's impression of a puffy cotton-candy world. (NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted/STScI)

Meet a planet as light as cotton candy

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Meet WASP-193b, an exoplanet discovered 1,232 light-years away, orbiting a Sun-like star named WASP-193. It is 50 percent bigger than Jupiter but is light and fluffy as cotton candy. 

This artist’s concept depicts the planet GJ 1214 b, a “mini-Neptune” with what is likely a steamy, hazy atmosphere. A new study based on observations by NASA’s Webb telescope provides insight into this type of planet, the most common in the galaxy. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Webb Looks at a Mini Neptune

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The James Webb Telescope Looks at a Mini Neptune, a class of planet common in the galaxy but about which little is known.

This illustration shows the swirling clouds identified by the James Webb Space Telescope in the atmosphere of exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The planet is about 40 light-years away and orbits two stars. The planet’s clouds, which are filled with silicate dust, are constantly rising, mixing, and moving. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

James Webb Telescope Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Exoplanet

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Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere. The team also made extraordinarily clear detections of water, met...

Four exoplanets 133 light-years away orbiting a young star. (Jason Wang/Northwestern University)

12 years of far away exoplanets orbiting their star – Time Lapse Video

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12 years of far away exoplanets orbiting their star - Time Lapse Video of 4 jupiter sized planets circling their star. The system is HR8799.

This image shows the most massive planet-hosting star pair to date, b Centauri (left) and its giant planet b Centauri b (lower right).

ESO’s Very Large Telescope images planet around most massive star pair to date

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ESO's Very Large Telescope images a planet around most massive star pair to date. The b Centauri star system is 6 times the mass of the Sun.

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A Planet in another Galaxy

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A Planet has been found in Galaxy M51 also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. This is the first time such a planet has been found outside the Milky Way.