"Kepler's Surprising Find: A Sizzling System of Seven Super-Earths"
NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered a system called Kepler-385, consisting of seven hot, large planets that orbit a star slightly larger and hotter than our Sun. These planets are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and all of them receive more radiant heat from their host star per area than any planet in our solar system. The Kepler-385 system is one of the few known planetary systems with more than six verified planets or planet candidates. This discovery is part of a new catalog of almost 4,400 planet candidates, providing accurate information about each system and enabling astronomers to learn more about exoplanet characteristics.