... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Star Atlas . Product Reviews . ... Kepler captures first views of planet-hunting territory . ... NASA's Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth. ... To find the planets, Kepler will stare at one large expanse of sky for the duration of its lifetime, looking for periodic dips in starlight that occur as planets circle in front of their stars and partially block the light. ...