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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The site of California and Carnegie program for extrasolar planet search.
This page presents a list of carefully selected links to informative sites about extra solar planets.
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.
A blog keeping track with current updates on exoplanets.
The extrasolar planet search in Geneva. This team has found in '95 the first extrasolar planets around the star 51 Pegasi.
Includes details of projects, publications, software, and group members.
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.
A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.
A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth
A brief history of the search for extrasolar planets, the findings and the future implications.
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.
Project to encourage amateur astronomers worldwide to detect transiting extrasolar planets.
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.
Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets.
The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe. Written by Ron Cowen.
(July 12, 2003)
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.
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.
Includes details of projects, publications, software, and group members.
Project to encourage amateur astronomers worldwide to detect transiting extrasolar planets.
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.
A blog keeping track with current updates on exoplanets.
This page presents a list of carefully selected links to informative sites about extra solar planets.
A brief history of the search for extrasolar planets, the findings and the future implications.
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.
Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets.
The extrasolar planet search in Geneva. This team has found in '95 the first extrasolar planets around the star 51 Pegasi.
The site of California and Carnegie program for extrasolar planet search.
A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.
The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth
Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe. Written by Ron Cowen.
(July 12, 2003)
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