Astronomy: Extrasolar Planets: Page 3

MIRLIN - The JPL Deep-Well Mid-Infrared Array Camera

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.

NASA planet imager proposal.

A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth

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.

An analysis of the differences between planets orbiting red dwarf stars including tidal locking and spectrum. Shows how life could develop in these conditions.

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.

Explains NASA's plan to use sensitive telescopes to find planets outside of the solar-system. Includes charts and drawings.

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).