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Tiniest Planets

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Tiniest Planets

Kepler-42 contains the cutest little solar system ever seen. The red dwarf star is host to three rocky planets that are all smaller than the Earth, with the smallest being roughly Mars-size. All the planets orbit the star in less than two days, meaning that they are all likely far too hot to hold any life.

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech


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