Well, you can’t actually visit the planet Kepler 16b; it’s not even in our solar system. But graphic artists at the National Aeronautical and Space Agency (NASA) have made up dream travel posters for several “exoplanets” (planets that orbit other stars). Kepler’s poster, below, riffs on the fact that it orbits TWO stars! More details from The Guardian (UK).
There are actually thousands of exoplanets already identified, and the artists will be producing more posters—no word yet on whether we’ll be able to buy them. By the way…for more space news, see tomorrow’s Gumbo blog: ET Call Home: A Visit to the Arecibo Observatory.
