Our solar system has a nice selection of planet types. We have ultra-hot worlds orbiting close to our Sun, rocky worlds like Earth and Mars, gas giants like Jupiter and frozen behemoths like Neptune hanging out on the distant edge. When telescope technology reached a point that scientists began spotting planets outside of our home system we quickly realized that there are types of planets we could never have imagined.
One of those unexpected planet types, an ultra low-density collection of puffy material that researchers famously compared to cotton candy, might not be what it initially seemed. New research published in The Astronomical Journal suggests another explanation for these strange worlds, and they might mirror a planet in our own system.
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