- NASA PlanetQuest (5)
Includes news of new planet discoveries, information on the latest extrasolar planet research, and a new worlds atlas.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Extrasolar_Planets/NASA_PlanetQuest
- Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia
Excellent site for those after the facts. In English and French. Includes the Extra-solar Planets Catalog.
exoplanet.eu
- Extrasolar Visions
Provides hard data and speculation about extrasolar planets.
www.extrasolar.net
- Search for the Extrasolar Planets, The
Offers a brief history of the search, finding, and future implications of the extrasolar planets.
www.public.asu.edu/~sciref/exoplnt.htm
- Scientific American: A Parade of New Planets
Astronomers are sighting new planets circling distant stars.
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BAF7C-7457-1C76-9B81809EC588EF21
- Anglo-Australian Planet Search (AAPS)
Ong-term program being carried out on the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope to search for giant planets around 200 nearby Solar-type stars with V<7.5.
www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~cgt/planet
- Transits of Extrasolar Planets Network (TEP)
Utilizing the transit method, based on the observation of a star's small drop in brightness, that occurs when the orbit of one of the star's planets passes in front of it.
www.iac.es/proyect/tep/tephome.html
- Arizona Search for Planets (ASP)
Full scale survey project for extra-solar planets started in 1996.
www.psi.edu/esp
- University of California Planet Search Project
Providing both information for both the public and the scientific community. Includes an almanac of planets, team member information, and links.
www.exoplanets.org
- Transitsearch.org
Working to coordinate and direct a cooperative observational effort which will allow experienced amateur astronomers and small college observatories to discover transiting extrasolar planets.
www.transitsearch.org
- PlanetQuest
Nonprofit organization dedicated to cutting edge education and research in the planetary sciences and public participatory discovery of new planets.
www.planetquest.org
- Other Worlds, Distant Suns
Catalog of extrasolar planets, with observing guides, star maps, astronomical VRMLs, links, and more.
www.astronautica.com/owds.html
- Keck Interferometer
Profile of the ground-based component of NASA's Origins Program, which addresses fundamental questions about the formation of galaxies, stars, and planetary systems.
planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/Keck/keck_index.html
- SuperWASP
Ultra-wide angle photometric survey of bright stars designed to detect planetary transits and track Near-Earth Objects and optical transients.
www.superwasp.org
- Giant Planets Orbiting Faraway Stars
Article by Geoffrey W. Marcy and R. Paul Butler discussing how extrasolar planets are detected, planetary comparisons, and the future of planet hunting.
astron.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/sciam.html
- Darwin
A candidate European infrared interferometer in space for characterizing the planetary systems orbiting nearby stars by direct imaging and spectroscopy.
ast.star.rl.ac.uk/darwin
- Allegheny Observatory
Extra-solar planet detection and characterization of planetary systems is their primary reserch focus.
www.pitt.edu/~aobsvtry
- Astro-Venture
Allows grade school students to role-play NASA careers, as they search for and design a planet that would be habitable to humans. Highlights NASA careers and astrobiology research in: astronomy, geology, biology, and atmospheric sciences.
www.astroventure.arc.nasa.gov
- NOVA: Hunt for Alien Worlds
Offers information about the hunt for other worlds, with photos, star maps, links, and more.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worlds
- Advanced Fiber-Optic Echelle (AFOE)
Spectrograph designed specifically to perform precise stellar radial velocity measurements, and optimized for asteroseismology and extrasolar planet detection.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/afoe
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