Extrasolar Planets

1. University of St. Andrews - Planet Search  (site info) Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets. http://Star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~kdh1/ustaps.html 2. Anglo-Australian Planet Search  (site info) 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.htm... 3. Darwin - Space Infrared Interferometer Project  (site info) Designed for general astrophysics and search for signs of life on Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars. It is a candidate cornerstone 9 for a European Space Agency mission in 2015. http://ast.star.rl.ac.uk/darwin/ 4. Microvariability and Oscillations os STars  (site info) 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. http://www.astro.ubc.ca/MOST/ 5. The Big Occulting Steerable Satellite (project)  (site info) 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). http://boss.phys.cwru.edu/ 1-5 of 41. Next »