Do Super-Puffs Defy Core Accretion? Population-Wide Interior Structure Constraints

Jun 3, 2026·
Nicholas T. Marston
,
Juliette Becker
,
Alex R. Howe
· 1 min read
Type
Publication
The Astrophysical Journal, in press

Constrains the interior structures and thermal histories of 34 cold super-puff exoplanets using hydrostatic modeling, testing consistency with core accretion theory. Accepted to ApJ, in press.

Grew out of a poster presented at the 2025 Mid-American Regional Astrophysics Conference (MARAC) and the 2025 Great Lakes Exoplanet Area Meeting.

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Exoplanets Super-Puffs Interior Structure Exoplanet Demographics