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The black dots on each of these stars, simulated as yellow spheres, are extrasolar planets found by the Kepler spacecraft that pass in front of, or transit, their parent star. Below, recordings of starlight show a characteristic decrease, or minieclipse, each time a planet passes in front of the star.
Credit: NASA, Borucki et al
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