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Tuesday 11 October 2011 Sci/Tech Gallery

Kepler discovers the secrets of the universe

Kepler 16-b is the first known planet to orbit two stars, like Tatooine in the Star Wars films. (Reuters)

The largest of the planet's two stars, a K dwarf, is about 69 per cent the mass of our sun. (Reuters)

Artist's impression shows a remnant of Kepler's supernova produced by combining data from Nasa's three Great Observatories. (HO/AFP/Getty Images)

Discovered in February this year, Kepler-11 is a small, cool star around which six planets orbit. (Nasa/Tim Pyle)

This extrasolar planet, HAT-P-7b, is in the

Kepler-19c, seen in the foreground of this artist's conception, was discovered this year. (David A. Aguilar/CfA)

The discovery of Kepler-10b, the dark spot against the yellow sun pictured, was announced in January this year. (Nasa/Ames/JPL-Caltech)

Kepler-10b orbits its sun more than 20 times nearer than the distance Mercury is to our sun. (Nasa/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry)

Blacker than black

Photo 1/9 Kepler 16-b is the first known planet to orbit two stars, like Tatooine in the Star Wars films. (Reuters)

Photo gallery showing some of the planets discovered by the Kepler telescope.