RDP SATURDAY: EFFERVESCENCE

Astronomers are studying a class of exoplanets called ” Super Puff Worlds ”

“Super-puff” exoplanets are massive, volatile worlds with densities lower than cotton candy, causing their thick, gassy atmospheres to billow and expand.

Well..maybe they don’t look EXACTLY like this.

I’ve noticed that in a lot of artwork these planets are colored pink and I’m fine with that because I like the color pink, and I like cotton candy ( or fairy floss – A LOT- )

This illustration depicts three giant planets orbiting Kepler-51 as compared to some of the planets in our Solar System. Image credit: NASA / ESA / L. Hustak & J. Olmsted, STScI.

An illustration of the super-puff exoplanets TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, with densities lower than that of cotton candy they are the lightest planets ever discovered (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)

I know the reality is that these planets are inhospitable to life and they’d kill you dead if you got to close to them, but hey if you’re going to get cooked in radiation or squashed like a bug by a pink planet, think about what a hoot your eulogy would be.