TESS Spots Puffiest Exoplanets Ever Found
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NASA's TESS mission has discovered exoplanets that are being described as the "puffiest" ever found, with some outlets characterizing them as lighter than cotton candy. The exoplanets in question are reportedly gigantic, with some comparisons being made to blobs of shaving foam. It is unclear if these exoplanets are related to a specific discovery of a warm Jupiter with a long orbital period or a phoenix exoplanet with a puffy atmosphere that survives a red giant star.
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