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ASTRONOMY 309L
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life LINKS The Fraction of Stars with Planetary Systems (fp) |
| Extrasolar Planet Encyclopedia GAIA Kepler TPF Mission being planned by NASA for direct detection of earth-like planets. DARWIN SIM UC Berkeley set of links to many sites containing information on exoplanet searches and astrobiology/SETI in general. Search Programs from Exoplanet Encyclopedia, many links to ongoing or upcoming search projects. JPL interferometer Jet Propulsion Laboratory exoplanet site, specializing in Keck, SIM, and TPF interferometer missions VULCAN Eddington/ESO STARE transit search program (1 detection so far). Contains brief tutorial on other methods and links. Search Programs Darwin space interferometer page,but main use is connections to virtually all planet search programs Planet Imager (PI) Gravitational Microlensing CORALIE Searches 1 extended summary of many aspects of exoplanet searches Signs of Life NASA summary of search for atmospheric signs of life Searches 2 Excellent summary of different search methods; part of Kepler transit mission web site. Ground Imaging adaptive optics direct imaging of exo-Jupiter from the ground. Kepler description of Kepler Mission for detecting Earth-mass planets from space Transits.Atmosphere Transits.Atmosphere chemical analysis of an exoplanet atmosphere using the transit technique COROT |
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