715 "new worlds" outside the solar system, discovered by NASA

Hundreds of new planets have been discovered (Picture: Nasa / AP)

A ‘mother lode’ of ‘new worlds’ have been discovered outside the solar system, with Nasa confirming the existence of 715 new planets.

The US space agency doubled the number of planets known to humanity in just one day after the discovery ‘bonanza’.

Nasa called the new finds a major step toward the planet-hunting Kepler telescope’s ultimate goal of ‘finding Earth 2.0.’

‘The Kepler team continues to amaze and excite us with their planet hunting results,’ explained Nasa veteran John Grunsfeld.

‘That these new planets and solar systems look somewhat like our own, portends a great future when we have the James Webb Space Telescope in space to characterise the new worlds.’

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