Five New Planets Found; Hotter Than Molten Lava

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 17:49 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's new Kepler space telescope has already spotted five new planets, each hotter than molten lava and one as dense as Styrofoam.

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