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	Planet Quest - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/ A NASA and JPL site in search of another Earth
	California and Carnegie Planet Search - http://exoplanets.org The site of California and Carnegie program for extrasolar planet search.
	James Webb Space Telescope - http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ 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.
	The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia - http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/encycl.html The reference site for astronomer involved in the search for extrasolar planets.
	About Astronomy & Space - Two Architectures Chosen for Terrestrial Planet Finder - http://space.about.com/cs/nasanews/a/tpf051104.htm Discover NASA's plan for advanced telescope searches for Earth-like planets around other stars. Learn about 2 separate missions with distinct designs to achieve the goal.

	Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) - http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/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 includes information on imaging processes, the group's telescope, and publications.
	Optical Long Baseline Interferometry News - http://olbin.jpl.nasa.gov/ 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.
	Microvariability and Oscillations os STars - http://www.astro.ubc.ca/MOST/ 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.
	Transit search - http://www.transitsearch.org/index.htm 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.
	Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search - http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/planet/planet.html The extrasolar planet search in Geneva. This team has found in '95 the first extrasolar planets around the star 51 Pegasi.

	Planet Quest: Missions - Terrestrial Planet Finder - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/TPF/tpf_index.html 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.
	Anglo-Australian Planet Search - http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/cgt/planet/aat.html Long-term southern hemisphere program being carried with the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope.
	Transits of Extrasolar Planets - http://www.iac.es/proyect/tep/tephome.html The TEP network is a group of collaborators searching for Transits of Extrasolar Planets.
	Extrasolar Planet Detection with the AFOE - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/afoe/espd.html 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.
	The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) - http://sirius.astrouw.edu.pl/~ogle/ A long term project with the main goal of searching for the dark matter with microlensing phenomena.

	Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide - http://www.extrasolar.net Extrasolar Visions - An Extrasolar Planets Guide
	Scientific consideration about Extrasolar Planets - http://www.public.asu.edu/~sciref/exoplnt.htm A brief history of the search for extrasolar planets, the findings and the future implications.
	The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph - http://www.eso.org/instruments/uves/ The VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph
	Umbral Missions Blocking Radiating Astronomical Sources (project) - http://www-int.stsci.edu/~jordan/umbras/ The UMBRAS goal is direct observation of planets around other stars.
	Vulcan South - http://www.polartransits.org/ South Pole based observatory to detect transits of extrasolar planets.

	Arizona Search for Planets (ASP) - http://www.psi.edu/~esquerdo/asp/asp.html Full scale survey project for extra-solar planets. Overview and publications.
	Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork - http://mplanet.anu.edu.au/ Worldwide Network of Astronomers Searching for Extra-Solar Planets
	Nova Celestia - A Guide to Extrasolar Planets - http://www.novacelestia.com/space_art_extrasolar_planets.html Contains information and free illustrations of Extrasolar planets (carbon planets, gas giants and terrestrial planets), detection methods and missions.
	European Extra-Solar Planet Consortium - http://laeff.inta.es/EXPORT/ 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.
	Terrestrial Planet Finder - http://www.terrestrial-planet-finder.com/ Explains NASA's plan to use sensitive telescopes to find planets outside of the solar-system. Includes charts and drawings.

	University of St. Andrews - Planet Search - http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~kdh1/ustaps.html Describes several projects aiming to detect extra-solar planets.
	List of links treating of extrasolar planets and their detection - http://www.galacticsurf.net/extrasolGB.htm This page presents a list of carefully selected links to very informative sites about extra solar planets.
	Planet Imager - http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/PlanetImager.html NASA planet imager proposal.
	ExNPS Road Map - August 1996 - http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/library/exnps/ExNPS.html NASA Origins program report on the progress and future plans for the discovery of extrasolar planetary systems.
	STellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets - http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/research/stare/stare.html STARE uses precise time-series photometry to search for extrasolar giant planets transiting their parent stars.

	http://www32.brinkster.com/snefru/space/ - http://www32.brinkster.com/snefru/space/ Orbits of planets in binary star systems. Java orbit animations and diagrams of stable retrograde planetary orbits not documented anywhere else.
	The Origin of Planetary Systems - EU Network - http://www.usm.uni-muenchen.de/PLANETS/ Home site of European Union funded Research Training Network "The Origin of Planetary Systems".
	Record Breaker: A Planet from the Early Universe - http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/4049/title/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.

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