Five New Planets Found; Hotter Than Molten Lava

The recently launched new NASA space telescope has spotted it's first new planets - so-called 'hot Jupiters', their mass similar to that of Jupiter but bigger than any neighbouring us.

To date, there have been found 400+ exoplanets, most of which are these super-hot 'Jupiters'. Of the new five, 'Kepler 7b' is said to have the density of styrofoam.

The discovery of earth-like planets is reported by ever hopeful astronomers to be 'coming soon'.

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