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NASA has discovered a remarkable system of seven planets orbiting a star slightly bigger and hotter than the Sun. The star, called Kepler 385, lies around 5,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. It’s slightly hotter and bigger than the Sun. All the seven planets are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and are bathed in more radiant heat from their host star, than any planet in our solar system. The reason why this discovery is so important is that Kepler-385 system is one of only a few known planetary systems to contain more than six verified planets. It is also one of the very few systems in which all of the planets are larger than Earth. It suggests that such systems may be more common than previously thought. Further study could help us to better understand the formation and evolution of planets.
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NASA has discovered a remarkable system of seven planets orbiting a star slightly bigger and hotter than the Sun. The star, called Kepler 385, lies around 5,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. It’s slightly hotter and bigger than the Sun. All the seven planets are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and are bathed in more radiant heat from their host star, than any planet in our solar system. The reason why this discovery is so important is that Kepler-385 system is one of only a few known planetary systems to contain more than six verified planets. It is also one of the very few systems in which all of the planets are larger than Earth. It suggests that such systems may be more common than previously thought. Further study could help us to better understand the formation and evolution of planets.
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