Exoplanets
Planets outside the solar system
Formation of planetary systems - including our own Solar System
A list of the currently known exoplanets
See exoplanets.org for further information.
Also see the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia. and Planet Quest at JPL
Space Missons seeking earthlike planets:
The Kepler Mission
The Darwin Mission
The Space Interferometer Mission
The Terrestrial Planet Finder observatories
Jan 19, 2011
"A research team … has discovered that inclined orbits may be typical rather than rare for exoplanetary systems
Jan 18, 2011
Researchers in Spain have discovered, for the first time, a delta Scuti pulsating star that hosts a hot giant transiting planet.
Jan 12, 2011
"The alien solar system could reveal why many planets orbit so close to their parents."
Jan 12, 2011
"The newly discovered Kepler-10b isn't the first alien planet that astronomers have announced is rocky. But they're more sure about Kepler-10b's composition than they've been before, because they know its host star so well."
Jan 11, 2011
"Kepler astronomers have nailed detection of a rocky--albeit uninhabitable--planet circling another star"
Jan 7, 2011
Spectral evidence indicates that white dwarf GD61 has eaten a sizeable water-containing object
Jan 1, 2011
"A trio of studies presents evidence for the more elusive small planets orbiting nearby stars"
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Dec 30, 2010
"Our catalogue (yes, there is an actual catalogue) of exoplanets is rapidly expanding and the vast majority of planets we've found are nothing like Earth, but that doesn't mean they're not interesting. In fact, these "abnormal" discoveries could actually tell us more about our own solar system than dozens of Earth-like exoplanets ever could."
Dec 21, 2010
"The alien world Gliese 581g has been getting a lot of attention recently, but a case is building for its neighbor planet as a good candidate for extraterrestrial life."
