Fancy a space holiday? Nasa showcase new planets as vintage travel posters

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Kepler-16b has been described as being like the fictional Star Wars planet 'Tatooine' Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Tempted by a holiday to space? Well you might be after seeing Nasa's vintage-style travel posters for three newly discovered planets.

The space agency have created a series of holiday style adverts for newly located planets Kepler-16b, Kepler-186f and HD 40307g to introduce the public to some of the recent discoveries made by its Kepler Space Telescope which spotted its 1,000th exoplanet last week.

Kepler-16b: Where your shadow always has company

Kepler-16b has been described as being like the fictional Star Wars planet 'Tatooine' Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Orbiting a pair of stars Kepler-16b is described as being similar to the fictional Star Wars planet of "Tatooine" where Luke Skywalker grew up, complete with double sunset.

For its poster Nasa has envisoned Kepler-16b as a terrestrial planet but it is possible that it might also be a gas giant like Saturn. Nasa say prospects for life are not good on this planet as temperatures are similar to that of dry ice.

Kepler-186f: Where the grass is always redder on the other side

Kepler-186f is believed to be redder than our Sun Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The first Earth-size planet discovered in a potentially 'habitable zone' around another star, Nasa believe water could exist on Kepler-186f's surface.

This planet is described as cooler and redder than our Sun and scientists believe that any local plant-life's photosynthesis process could have been influenced by red-wavelength photons.

HD 40307g: A Super Earth

Nasa say HD 40307g has twice the volume of the Earth Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

With a volume twice as big as the Earth, HD 40307g is said to be somewhere between the classifications of "Super-Earth" and "mini-Neptune."

Nasa scientists aren't sure if this planet has a rocky surface or one that is buried beneath thick layers of gas and ice.