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Astronomers have discovered the hottest seven-planet system yet! These scorching worlds orbit a star called Kepler-385, which is about 10 percent larger and 5 percent hotter than our Sun. The first two planets are about the size of Earth, but the other five are super-Earths, with twice the radius of our world. All seven planets are too hot to sustain life as we know it, but astronomers are interested in the planetary arrangement of these seven worlds. The innermost two and the outermost three are in resonance, and the planets' rotational periods are synchronized. This system is a hot mess, but it's also a beautiful example of how exoplanets can be different from our own Solar System.

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