{"id":3924931,"date":"2026-03-16T14:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/origin-of-lowest-density-super-puff-planet-remains-a-hazy-mystery\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:02:28","slug":"origin-of-lowest-density-super-puff-planet-remains-a-hazy-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/origin-of-lowest-density-super-puff-planet-remains-a-hazy-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of lowest density super-puff planet remains a hazy mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet&#8217;s composition, but also its origin, according to a new study. A team led by Penn State researchers used NASA&#8217;s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to take a deeper look at the &#8220;super-puff&#8221; planet that defies planetary formation models. However, the thickest layer of haze found on a planet yet makes discerning the chemical elements in the planet&#8217;s atmosphere\u2014and any clues to the planet&#8217;s formation\u2014challenging.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-03-lowest-density-super-puff-planet.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet&#8217;s composition, but also its origin, according to a new study. A team led by Penn State researchers used NASA&#8217;s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to take a deeper look at the &#8220;super-puff&#8221; planet that defies planetary formation models. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3924931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3924931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3924931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3924931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3924931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}