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» Ancient Suns
   Discusses the kind of stars that might have habitable planets, where to search for them and the requirements for life to develop.
   http://www.ancientsuns.com/

» Anglo-Australian Planet Search
   Long-term southern hemisphere program being carried with the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope.
   http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/cgt/planet/aat.html

» Arizona Search for Planets (ASP)
   Full scale survey project for extra-solar planets. Overview and publications.
   http://www.psi.edu/~esquerdo/asp/asp.html

» California and Carnegie Planet Search
   The site of California and Carnegie program for extrasolar planet search.
   http://exoplanets.org

» European Extra-Solar Planet Consortium
   EXPORT is a consortium of European astronomers using the telescopes on La Palma and Tenerife to study extra-solar planets, as well as the formation and evolution of protoplanetary systems.
   http://laeff.inta.es/EXPORT/

» ExoPlanet News
   A monthly electronic newsletter about research in exoplanet science. Includes archives since September 2007.
   http://exoplanet.open.ac.uk/

» Exoplanets
   Provides information on extrasolar planets, ranging from answers to simple questions to a whole course, with a database and interactive simulations.
   http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/

» Exoworld.Info
   Provides information and a blog about exoplanets and the astronomical science behind them.
   http://www.exoworld.info

» Extrasolar Planet Detection with the AFOE
   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.
   http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/afoe/espd.html

» Extrasolar Planetary Systems
   R.Cooper-Bitsch explains how to find extrasolar planetary systems, problems with the orbit of the sun, and how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are computable and predictable.
   http://www.sunorbit.bplaced.net

» Extrasolar Planets
   A blog keeping track with current updates on exoplanets.
   http://extrasolar-planetz.blogspot.com/

» Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide
   Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide
   http://www.extrasolar.net

» Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search
   The extrasolar planet search in Geneva. This team has found in '95 the first extrasolar planets around the star 51 Pegasi.
   http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/planet/planet.html

» Goldilocks Mission
   An organization which aims to help mankind to migrate to the habitable zone of an exoplanet when one is discovered.
   http://www.goldilocksmission.com/

» Hubble Space Telescope: Astrometry Science Team
   Includes details of projects, publications, software, and group members.
   http://clyde.as.utexas.edu/SpAstNEW/ASTindex.html

» James Webb Space Telescope
   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.
   http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

» MOST: Microvariability and Oscillations of 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 or
   http://www.astro.ubc.ca/MOST/

» Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA)
   A joint Japanese/New Zealand project established to carry out astrophysical observations using a gravitational microlensing technique. Applications include research for extra-solar planets, dark matter, stellar atmospheres, and variable stars. Page includ
   http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/moa

» NASA Astrobiology Institute: Extrasolar Planetary Systems
   Annual report on the progress and future plans for the research being undertaken.
   http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/library-of-resources/annual-reports/

» Nova Celestia - A Guide to Extrasolar Planets
   Contains information and free illustrations of Extrasolar planets (carbon planets, gas giants and terrestrial planets), detection methods and missions.
   http://www.novacelestia.com/space_art_extrasolar_planets.html

» Optical Long Baseline Interferometry News
   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.
   http://olbin.jpl.nasa.gov/

» Planet Imager
   NASA planet imager proposal.
   http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/PlanetImager.html

» Planet Quest
   A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth
   http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov

» Planet Quest: Missions - Terrestrial Planet Finder
   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.
   http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/TPF/tpf_index.html

» Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork
   Worldwide Network of Astronomers Searching for Extra-Solar Planets
   http://mplanet.anu.edu.au/

» Record Breaker: A Planet from the Early Universe
   Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe. Written by Ron Cowen.
   http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/4049/title/Record_Breaker_A_planet_from_the_early_universe

» STellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets
   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.
   http://www.hao.ucar.edu/research/stare/stare.html

» Scientific Consideration about Extrasolar Planets
   A brief history of the search for extrasolar planets, the findings and the future implications.
   http://www.public.asu.edu/~sciref/exoplnt.htm

» Terrestrial Planet Finder
   Explains NASA's plan to use sensitive telescopes to find planets outside of the solar-system. Includes charts and drawings.
   http://www.terrestrial-planet-finder.com/

» The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
   The reference site for astronomer involved in the search for extrasolar planets.
   http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/encycl.html

» The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE)
   A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.
   http://sirius.astrouw.edu.pl/~ogle/

» The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
   The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
   http://www.eso.org/instruments/uves/

» Transit Search
   Project to encourage amateur astronomers worldwide to detect transiting extrasolar planets.
   http://www.transitsearch.org/

» Transits of Extrasolar Planets
   The TEP network is a group of collaborators searching for Transits of Extrasolar Planets.
   http://www.iac.es/proyect/tep/tephome.html

» Umbral Missions Blocking Radiating Astronomical Sources
   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.
   http://umbras.org/

» University of St. Andrews - Planet Search
   Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets.
   http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~kdh1/ustaps.html

» Vulcan South
   South Pole based observatory to detect transits of extrasolar planets.
   http://www.polartransits.org/