This Cotton Candy Planet Is So Weird Even James Webb Can’t See Inside

This Super-Puff Planet is Hiding its True Nature Behind Thick Haze

Super-puff planets have extremely low densities, and exoplanet scientists aren't sure why. They seem to defy our understanding of how planets form. Researchers used the JWST to observe the atmosphere of Kepler-51d, one of the puffiest of the super-puffs. Unfortunately, even the powerful space telescope found a featureless spectrum. What does it mean?

This Cotton Candy Planet Is So Weird Even James Webb Can’t See Inside

A bizarre, ultra-light planet is cloaked in such a thick haze that even JWST can’t reveal its composition. Its unusual size and orbit are forcing scientists to rethink how planets form.

These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can't penetrate

These three worlds are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a mysterious smog.

The mystery of Kepler-51d: the "cotton candy" planet that defies physics models (and the Webb telescope) - Economic Scenarios

The universe, much like the real economy, has the nasty habit of not conforming to the theoretical models constructed by academics. When empirical reality