Directory of Extrasolar Planets Resources

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The search for extrasolar planets is one of the most popular and rapidly developing topics in astronomy today. Taking part in the 'hunt' means being involved in not only the discovery of strange new worlds, but also in finding the answer to one of humanity's most sought-after questions - are we alone in the universe? This category aims to list websites that provide compelling information on the exciting search for small bodies orbiting other stars.

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• Ancient Suns

  http://www.ancientsuns.com/
  Discusses the kind of stars that might have habitable planets, where to search for them and the requirements for life to develop.

• Arizona Search for Planets (ASP)

  http://www.psi.edu/~esquerdo/asp/asp.html
  Full scale survey project for extra-solar planets. Overview and publications.

• California and Carnegie Planet Search

  http://exoplanets.org/
  The site of California and Carnegie program for extrasolar planet search.

• ExoPlanet News

  http://exoplanet.open.ac.uk/
  A monthly electronic newsletter about research in exoplanet science. Includes archives since September 2007.

• Exoplanets

  http://www.galacticsurf.net/extrasolGB.htm
  This page presents a list of carefully selected links to informative sites about extra solar planets.

• Exoplanets

  http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/
  Provides information on extrasolar planets, ranging from answers to simple questions to a whole course, with a database and interactive simulations.

• Exoworld.info

  http://www.exoworld.info/
  Learn about exoplanets, extrasolar planets, and the astronomical science used to study them. Contains a compendium of information and resources, including a blog.

• Extrasolar Planet Detection with the AFOE

  http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/afoe/espd.html
  Extrasolar Planet Detection with the AFOE The Advanced Fiber-Optic Echelle (AFOE) spectrometer is a fiber-fed, bench-mounted echelle spectrograph, located at the 1.5m telescope of the Whipple Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona.

• Extrasolar Planets

  http://extrasolar-planetz.blogspot.com/
  A blog keeping track with current updates on exoplanets.

• Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search

  http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/planet/planet.html
  The extrasolar planet search in Geneva. This team has found in '95 the first extrasolar planets around the star 51 Pegasi.

• Hubble Space Telescope: Astrometry Science Team

  http://clyde.as.utexas.edu/SpAstNEW/ASTindex.html
  Includes details of projects, publications, software, and group members.

• James Webb Space Telescope

  http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
  The JWST is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope designed to study the formation of the first stars and galaxies, the evolution of galaxies and the production of elements by stars, and the process of star and planet formation.

• Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA)

  http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/moa
  A joint Japanese/New Zealand project established to carry out astrophysical observations using a gravitational microlensing technique. Applications include research for extra-solar planets, dark matter, stellar atmospheres, and variable stars. Page includes information on imaging processes, the group's telescope, and publications.

• Nova Celestia - A Guide to Extrasolar Planets

  http://www.novacelestia.com/space_art_extrasolar_planets.html
  Contains information and free illustrations of Extrasolar planets (carbon planets, gas giants and terrestrial planets), detection methods and missions.

• Planet Imager

  http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/PlanetImager.html
  NASA planet imager proposal.

• Planet Quest

  http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
  A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth

• Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork

  http://mplanet.anu.edu.au/
  Worldwide Network of Astronomers Searching for Extra-Solar Planets

• Record Breaker: A Planet from the Early Universe

  http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/4049/title/Record_Breaker_A_planet_from_the_early_universe
  Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe. Written by Ron Cowen.

• Scientific Consideration about Extrasolar Planets

  http://www.public.asu.edu/~sciref/exoplnt.htm
  A brief history of the search for extrasolar planets, the findings and the future implications.

• STellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets

  http://www.hao.ucar.edu/research/stare/stare.html
  STARE uses precise time-series photometry to search for extrasolar giant planets transiting their parent stars. Includes an overview of the project, sample results and data products.

• Terrestrial Planet Finder

  http://www.terrestrial-planet-finder.com/
  Explains NASA's plan to use sensitive telescopes to find planets outside of the solar-system. Includes charts and drawings.

• The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE)

  http://sirius.astrouw.edu.pl/~ogle/
  A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.

• The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph

  http://www.eso.org/instruments/uves/
  The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph

• Transit Search

  http://www.transitsearch.org/
  Project to encourage amateur astronomers worldwide to detect transiting extrasolar planets.

• Umbral Missions Blocking Radiating Astronomical Sources

  http://umbras.org/
  The UMBRAS goal is to use external occulters to allow a search to be made for extrasolar planets in ways that cannot be done with current methods.

• University of St. Andrews - Planet Search

  http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~kdh1/ustaps.html
  Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets.

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