The Kepler mission? Yep, that's just getting started. So far all they've published is that they've tested it against a known gas giant and shown that yes, the i

The Kepler mission? Yep, that's just getting started. So far all they've published is that they've tested it against a known gas giant and shown that yes, the instrument can detect it: http://kepler.nasa.gov/press/earlyresults.html http://kepler.nasa.gov/press/earlyresults.html Once the mission gets started in earnest it's mostly a waiting game. It'll be sitting there, watching a bunch of stars, and waiting to see whether a planet just happens to pass in front of one of 'em. This is unlikely for any particular planet, since it requires that the orbital plane of the planet just happens to be parallel to the line of sight between us and the star, and it'll also only happen once every "year", but we should be able to pick up a few eventually.