Cotton-candy planets
That's what scientists have dubbed a whole new class of planets they are finging.
Exoplanet surveys have discovered something unheard of.
Large planets the size of Jupiter but with less than 100 hundredth its mass.
That is some seriously light stuff.
They were first discovered in 2012, then were believed to be low density in 2014 but now, using new observations it has been confirmed that these gigantic balls of fluff are very far removed from their rocky, icy and tiny dwarf planet counterparts elsewhere in the universe.
read more here
Congratulations @gavvet! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPVote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!