An Earth-sized hell circles faraway star
The recently discovered, very hot rocky planet is the smallest with known diameter and mass
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SCORCHED An artist’s impression of Kepler-78b shows its nearby star and blistering-hot surface.
Jasiek Krzysztofiak/Nature