- 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
- 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
- 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
- PlanetQuest
Nonprofit organization dedicated to cutting edge education and research in the planetary sciences and public participatory discovery of new planets.
www.planetquest.org
- 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
- 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
- Top 10 Most Intriguing Extrasolar Planets
SPACE.com lists the top 10 most intriguing extrasolar planets with artists' visualizations of these far away worlds.
www.space.com/scienceastronomy/extrasolar_planets.html
- New Worlds Atlas - Planet Quest
Search for exoplanets by planet system (planets with host stars visible to the naked eye, planets within multiple planet systems, or transiting planets), planet type (pulsar planet, gas giant, hot Jupiter, hot Neptune, terrestrial), or by name.
planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/atlas_index.cfm
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Largest Transiting Extrasolar Planet Found Around a Distant Star
Lowell Observatory announcement for the discovery of TrES-4, the largest known extrasolar planet.
www.lowell.edu/media/releases.php?release=20070806
- 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
- Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) (2)
Discover sites about a trans-Atlantic effort to locate transiting extrasolar planets.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Extrasolar_Planets/Trans_Atlantic_Exoplanet_Survey__TrES_
- ESA Science & Technology: Darwin
Utilizing a flotilla of six space telescopes, to scan the nearby Universe, looking for signs of life on Earth-like planets.
darwin.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=28
- 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
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