This Is the Largest Planet We've Ever Found — And Its Scale Is Terrifying

Hey guys! We’re now live on Spotify 🎧 Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/033MUzt... #Exoplanet #Astronomy #SpaceScience You are about to see a planet twice as wide as Jupiter, and it should not be able to exist. Its clouds burn white hot, and its gravity is so weak that gas floats upward like smoke. Scientists have confirmed this giant stretches nearly 190,000 miles across, yet weighs so little that it would float if you built an ocean large enough to hold it. We are about to fly across its burning sky, dive through its shifting cloud layers, and uncover the physics that lets a planet grow this huge without tearing itself apart. First, a quick favor. Scan the QR code on your screen, or press the link in the description below. It takes you straight to our Spotify, where new episodes arrive first and play completely free of ads. Follow along, and you will always hear these stories before anyone else does. Now dim the lights. Prepare yourselves. We begin. Sources: a. HAT-P-67 b overview — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAT-P-67b b. Zhou et al. 2017, discovery paper — https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.00106 c. Sicilia et al. 2024, GAPS Programme atmospheric study — https://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-63... d. 2025 revised density and tidal disruption estimate — https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13997 e. List of largest exoplanets, comparison data — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... f. HD 209458 b "Osiris," comparison planet — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_2094... #Space #Universe #Science #Astronomy #Cosmos #Physics #Galaxy #Planets