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 humanit...
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This page was last updated on October 6th, 2008
Extrasolar Planets (from Astronomy)
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The Big Occulting Steerable Satellite (project)
Mission designed to provide improved resolution of closely spaced objects with comparable brightnesses (binary stars, microlensing events) and to facilitate separation of dim objects from nearby bright objects (such as planets around stars).
Mid-InfraRed Large-well Imager
MIRLIN - The JPL Deep-Well Mid-Infrared Array Camera
GENIE
Ground-based technology demonstrator for the ESA's Darwin space-telescope project. Site data is from a 2002 workshop.
Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer
FAME is an astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented accuracy the positions, distances, and motions of 40 million stars within our galactic neighborhood. It is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and sever
Extrasolar Group Study
Planet-finding assessment by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham 2004.
California and Carnegie Planet Search
The site of California and Carnegie program for extrasolar planet search.
Transits of Extrasolar Planets
The TEP network is a group of collaborators searching for Transits of Extrasolar Planets.
Umbral Missions Blocking Radiating Astronomical Sources (project)
The UMBRAS goal is direct observation of planets around other stars.
Scientific consideration about Extrasolar Planets
A brief history of the search for extrasolar planets, the findings and the future implications.
Anglo-Australian Planet Search
Long-term southern hemisphere program being carried with the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope.
Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search
The extrasolar planet search in Geneva. This team has found in '95 the first extrasolar planets around the star 51 Pegasi.
Planet Quest: Missions - Terrestrial Planet Finder
Will study all aspects of planets outside the solar system from their formation and development to the presence and features of those planets orbiting the nearest stars.
Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope(project)
GEST, Gravitational Microlensing, Other Earths, and Life in the Universe
Terrestrial Planet Finder
Explains NASA's plan to use sensitive telescopes to find planets outside of the solar-system. Includes charts and drawings.
Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide
Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide
Eddington (ESA SCIENCE)
ESA space-telescope designed to seek out extrasolar planets and investigate the internal structure of stars. (Mission cancelled Nov. 2003)
The Kepler Mission
A NASA mission dedicated to discovery of planets around others stars through observation of planets transits.
Vulcain Camera Project
NASA Ames Research Centre photometric survey in search of extrasolar planets.
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope, or 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
The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
Microvariability and Oscillations os STars
Detection and characterisation of: (1) acoustic oscillations in Sun-like stars, including very old stars (metal-poor subdwarfs) and magnetic stars (roAp), to probe seismically their structures and ages; (2) reflected light from giant exoplanets closely or
Darwin Space Inferometer Project (ESA SCIENCE)
Overview and updates on the ESA's Earth-like planet hunting space-telescope project.
Red Dwarf Stars and the Possibility of Life
An analysis of the differences between planets orbiting red dwarf stars including tidal locking and spectrum. Shows how life could develop in these conditions.
Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork
Worldwide Network of Astronomers Searching for Extra-Solar Planets
Planet Imager
NASA planet imager proposal.
About Astronomy & Space - Two Architectures Chosen for Terrestrial Planet Finder
Discover NASA's plan for advanced telescope searches for Earth-like planets around other stars. Learn about 2 separate missions with distinct designs to achieve the goal.
The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
The reference site for astronomer involved in the search for extrasolar planets.
Arizona Search for Planets (ASP)
Full scale survey project for extra-solar planets. Overview and publications.
Extrasolar Planet Detection with the AFOE
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.
Transit search
The purpose of transitsearch.org is to coordinate and direct a cooperative observational effort which will allow experienced amateur astronomers and small college observatories to discover transiting extrasolar planets.
Darwin - Space Infrared Interferometer Project
Designed for general astrophysics and search for signs of life on Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars. It is a candidate cornerstone 9 for a European Space Agency mission in 2015.
European Extra-Solar Planet Consortium
EXPORT is a consortium of European astronomers using the telescopes on La Palma and Tenerife to study extra-solar planets, as well as the formation and evolution of protoplanetary systems.
ExNPS Road Map - August 1996
NASA Origins program report on the progress and future plans for the discovery of extrasolar planetary systems.
Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
The Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) Project is a joint Japanese/New Zealand experiment established in 1995 to carry out astrophysical observations from New Zealand using `gravitational microlensing' and related techniques.
Planet Quest
A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth
University of St. Andrews - Planet Search
Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets.
STellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets
STARE uses precise time-series photometry to search for extrasolar giant planets transiting their parent stars.
The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE)
A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.
HST Astrometry
HST Astrometry Science Team
Optical Long Baseline Interferometry News
NASA JPL's Optical Long Baseline Interferometer project homepage. Aims to increase optical resolution of the local universe sufficient to detect extrasolar planets and other phenomena.
A Planet from the Early Universe
Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe.
Mission designed to provide improved resolution of closely spaced objects with comparable brightnesses (binary stars, microlensing events) and to facilitate separation of dim objects from nearby bright objects (such as planets around stars).
MIRLIN - The JPL Deep-Well Mid-Infrared Array Camera
Ground-based technology demonstrator for the ESA's Darwin space-telescope project. Site data is from a 2002 workshop.
FAME is an astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented accuracy the positions, distances, and motions of 40 million stars within our galactic neighborhood. It is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and sever
Planet-finding assessment by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham 2004.
The site of California and Carnegie program for extrasolar planet search.
The TEP network is a group of collaborators searching for Transits of Extrasolar Planets.
The UMBRAS goal is direct observation of planets around other stars.
A brief history of the search for extrasolar planets, the findings and the future implications.
Long-term southern hemisphere program being carried with the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope.
The extrasolar planet search in Geneva. This team has found in '95 the first extrasolar planets around the star 51 Pegasi.
Will study all aspects of planets outside the solar system from their formation and development to the presence and features of those planets orbiting the nearest stars.
GEST, Gravitational Microlensing, Other Earths, and Life in the Universe
Explains NASA's plan to use sensitive telescopes to find planets outside of the solar-system. Includes charts and drawings.
Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide
ESA space-telescope designed to seek out extrasolar planets and investigate the internal structure of stars. (Mission cancelled Nov. 2003)
A NASA mission dedicated to discovery of planets around others stars through observation of planets transits.
NASA Ames Research Centre photometric survey in search of extrasolar planets.
The James Webb Space Telescope, or 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
The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
Detection and characterisation of: (1) acoustic oscillations in Sun-like stars, including very old stars (metal-poor subdwarfs) and magnetic stars (roAp), to probe seismically their structures and ages; (2) reflected light from giant exoplanets closely or
Overview and updates on the ESA's Earth-like planet hunting space-telescope project.
An analysis of the differences between planets orbiting red dwarf stars including tidal locking and spectrum. Shows how life could develop in these conditions.
Worldwide Network of Astronomers Searching for Extra-Solar Planets
NASA planet imager proposal.
Discover NASA's plan for advanced telescope searches for Earth-like planets around other stars. Learn about 2 separate missions with distinct designs to achieve the goal.
The reference site for astronomer involved in the search for extrasolar planets.
Full scale survey project for extra-solar planets. Overview and publications.
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.
The purpose of transitsearch.org is to coordinate and direct a cooperative observational effort which will allow experienced amateur astronomers and small college observatories to discover transiting extrasolar planets.
Designed for general astrophysics and search for signs of life on Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars. It is a candidate cornerstone 9 for a European Space Agency mission in 2015.
EXPORT is a consortium of European astronomers using the telescopes on La Palma and Tenerife to study extra-solar planets, as well as the formation and evolution of protoplanetary systems.
NASA Origins program report on the progress and future plans for the discovery of extrasolar planetary systems.
The Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) Project is a joint Japanese/New Zealand experiment established in 1995 to carry out astrophysical observations from New Zealand using `gravitational microlensing' and related techniques.
A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth
Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets.
STARE uses precise time-series photometry to search for extrasolar giant planets transiting their parent stars.
A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.
HST Astrometry Science Team
NASA JPL's Optical Long Baseline Interferometer project homepage. Aims to increase optical resolution of the local universe sufficient to detect extrasolar planets and other phenomena.
Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe.
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