- NASA PlanetQuest (2)
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
- 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
- Extrasolar Visions
Provides hard data and speculation about extrasolar planets.
www.extrasolar.net
- 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
- 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
- Spectrashift.com
Dedicated to amateur radial velocity studies and the search for extrasolar planets.
www.spectrashift.com
- Other Worlds, Distant Suns
Catalog of extrasolar planets, with observing guides, star maps, astronomical VRMLs, links, and more.
www.astronautica.com/owds.html
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Exoplanet Observing for Amateurs
Downloadable book by Bruce L. Gary. Exoplanet Observing for Amateurs is meant to help amateurs with CCD experience produce high precision light curves.
brucegary.net/book_EOA/x.htm
- Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) (1)
Discover sites about a trans-Atlantic effort to locate transiting extrasolar planets.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Extrasolar_Planets/Trans_Atlantic_Exoplanet_Survey__TrES_
- 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
- Allegheny Observatory
Extra-solar planet detection and characterization of planetary systems is their primary reserch focus.
www.pitt.edu/~aobsvtry
- 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
- 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
- Exploring New Worlds
Article about how astronomers are puzzling over the formation and evolution of discovered massive planets that closely orbit stars near the solar system. From Science News, August 1998.
astron.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/science_news_aug98.html
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