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Rare Pair of Improbably Light ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Is Discovered

Rare Pair of Improbably Light ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Is Discovered
NYT Science Friday 17 July 2026, 09:02 UTC By Rebecca Dzombak 1 min read
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An artist’s concept of the sunlike star TOI-791 and two giant planets, TOI-791b and TOI-791c, that are roughly the size of Jupiter but much less dense.

An artist’s concept of the sunlike star TOI-791 and two giant planets, TOI-791b and TOI-791c, that are roughly the size of Jupiter but much less dense.
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