{"id":86083,"date":"2026-06-25T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:46:59","slug":"astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: &#8220;Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy \u2014 super-puffs the size of Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p>The featherweight pair \u2014 orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away \u2014 are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.<\/p>\n<p>That makes them the lightest known planets of their size, said the University of Oxford&#8217;s George Dransfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These two planets have densities comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam, fresh from the can,&#8221; Dransfield said in an email. She and her team <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/mnras\/article\/549\/4\/stag864\/8715235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported their findings<\/a> Wednesday in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.<\/p>\n<p>Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy \u2014 not shades of cotton-candy pink. The planets are probably mostly hydrogen and helium, although it will take follow-up observations by NASA&#8217;s Webb Space Telescope to confirm their chemical makeup.<\/p>\n<p>Detected by NASA&#8217;s Tess satellite over the past decade, these two especially puffy puffs orbit a star in the southern constellation Volans, known as the flying fish. The researchers studied the planets&#8217; orbits using telescopes on Earth to determine their density, from 1,110 light-years away. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cba78cf5cff6587f5aee78b21e392e0c\/ap26175637322496.jpg#\" alt=\"Cotton Candy Planets \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cba78cf5cff6587f5aee78b21e392e0c\/ap26175637322496.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/24bb5b2b45ff083f34a0b4b36c8de5a7\/ap26175637322496.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Sun-like star TOI-791, background left, and two giant planets that NASA&#8217;s TESS space telescope discovered in its orbit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Daniel Rutter\/NASA via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2024, researchers <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/researchers-discover-super-fluffy-planet-with-cotton-candy-like-density\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found a super-puff planet<\/a><\/span> 1,200 light years from Earth, calling it a &#8220;cosmic mystery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jupiter, by comparison, is as much as 35 times denser than these two lightweights.<\/p>\n<p>The newly found planets also have unusually long orbits, with one taking 139 days and the other taking 232 days to circle the host star, NASA said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/tess\/nasas-tess-mission-reveals-the-puffiest-planets-ever-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Considered rare in the cosmos, super-puffs are thought to form around the disk of gas and dust around a newborn star where there is more gas than dust. They shed much of the material over time, stripping down even more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The main reason these planets are interesting to study is that we didn&#8217;t expect to see them at all,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/tess\/nasas-tess-mission-reveals-the-puffiest-planets-ever-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Jon Jenkins<\/a>, the science lead for the Science Processing Operations Center at NASA&#8217;s Ames Research Center in California&#8217;s Silicon Valley. &#8220;They represent a puzzle for us to solve about how giant planets like Jupiter and the super-puffs form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s tally of worlds outside our solar system currently stands at nearly 6,300 confirmed. Fewer than 40 are super-puffs, according to Dransfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, by studying exotic systems containing rare planet types, we add further pieces to the puzzle of planet formation and learn more about our place in the cosmos,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/super-puff-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-found\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy \u2014 super-puffs the size of Jupiter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[833,2380],"class_list":["post-86083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-nasa","tag-planet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: &quot;Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam&quot; - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The featherweight pair &mdash; orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away &mdash; are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: &quot;Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam&quot; - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The featherweight pair &mdash; orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away &mdash; are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: &#8220;Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"NASA\",\"Planet\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/\",\"name\":\"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: \\\"Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam\\\" - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"The featherweight pair &mdash; orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away &mdash; are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: &#8220;Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: \"Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam\" - World News","description":"The featherweight pair &mdash; orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away &mdash; are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: \"Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam\" - World News","og_description":"The featherweight pair &mdash; orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away &mdash; are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: &#8220;Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam&#8221;","datePublished":"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/"},"wordCount":448,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["NASA","Planet"],"articleSection":["Top Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/","name":"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: \"Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam\" - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-25T12:46:59+00:00","description":"The featherweight pair &mdash; orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away &mdash; are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronomers-find-2-gigantic-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-comparable-to-a-nice-blob-of-shaving-foam\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: &#8220;Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy \u2014 super-puffs the size of Jupiter.","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Top Stories"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":4,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/25\/b9622f84-f061-4ce9-ba16-e14d4ee86604\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/71ef12a80ce4bf17044b82db2aeb09fb\/ap26175637322496.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-32\">Top Stories<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}