44 new planets found, 4 have year shorter than day on Earth
NASA's Kepler and ESA's Gaia telescopes have helped discover 44 new planets outside our solar system. Four of the exoplanets were found to orbit their host stars in less than 24 hours implying a year on them is shorter than a day on Earth. Further, 16 were roughly the same size as Earth, with one about the size of Venus.