Astronomy: Extrasolar Planets: Page 2

A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.

GEST, Gravitational Microlensing, Other Earths, and Life in the Universe

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.

HST Astrometry Science Team

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 formation.

STARE uses precise time-series photometry to search for extrasolar giant planets transiting their parent 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 orbiting Sun-like stars, to reveal their sizes and atmospheric compositions; and (3) turbulent variations in massive evolved (Wolf-Rayet) stars to understand how they add gas to the interstellar medium.

The TEP network is a group of collaborators searching for Transits of Extrasolar Planets.

The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph

Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide

Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe.

NASA planet imager proposal.

NASA Origins program report on the progress and future plans for the discovery of extrasolar planetary systems.

NASA Ames Research Centre photometric survey in search of extrasolar planets.

Overview and updates on the ESA's Earth-like planet hunting space-telescope project.

ESA space-telescope designed to seek out extrasolar planets and investigate the internal structure of stars. (Mission cancelled Nov. 2003)