212 light years away there sits a huge exo planet in the Virgo constellation that has completely changed the way astronomers think about how gas planets are born.
They planet, named WASP-107b, is about the size of Jupiter and orbits 5 miles from its star.
Scientists at the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have discovered that this planet is a strange color, and is a lot lighter than planets like Jupiter and Saturn.
"What was really surprising about this planet is that people have known … that it's about the size of Jupiter, so it's a gas giant. So if it's a gas giant, then the usual expectation is that it would weigh just as [much] as gas giants. Except it didn't." said Eve Lee, assistant professor in the department of physics at McGill University and McGill Space Institute in Montreal.
Astronomers refer to planets like these as “Super Puffs”, because despite their large size, their weight and density is very light.
"It's usually compared to cotton candy, because it's about the right density. But it's not the kind that you find at carnivals. It's more like the kind that you buy at stores." Lee said.
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