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In recent years, scientists have found new ways of looking for planets outside our own solar system. Here are some news and in-depth websites.

Posted by Tormod Guldvog
14 March, 2004 12:03:29

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The search for planets is in our minds one of the most exciting fields of science. Although the excistence of extra-solar planets is no guarantee for alien life, there is certainly an element of "looking for E.T." in this planet hunt.

Lately, the hunt for distant galaxies also revealed a surprise bonus: A possible tenth planet orbiting our own sun.

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Astronomers say new planet might hold clues about Earth
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/08/05/new.planet.02/index.html
Article in CNN Interactive.

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/
SEDS is an independent, student-based organization which promotes the exploration and development of space.

Astronomers Find a 'Vulcan' Planet
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/epsilon_vulcan_000804.html
Article from Space.com.

How to Search for Planets, Asteroids, & Comets
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ice_fire/vol1p8.htm
If you own a telescope, some very expensive radio equipment and possible a degree in astrophysics, you could probably find your own planets.

A Brief History of the Search, the Findings and the Future Implications
http://www.public.asu.edu/~sciref/exoplnt.htm
A rather long but quite good text on extra-planetary search.

Klet Observatory
http://www.klet.cz/index.html
The homepage of Klet Observatory in Czech Republic. They have some nice images of planets, stars and comets.¤Observatorie

Fun: The Sun, the Planets, and the Moons
http://www.crpuzzles.com/ws/ws0017.html
Can you find the hidden planets and stars?

The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia
http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/encycl.html
Information on recent discoveries, as well as links to documents on how the search is done.

Extrasolar Planet Search
http://exoplanets.org/
Here you can find information on recently discovered planets. Mostly text, few images.

The Kepler Mission
http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/
This is a special purpose space mission that has been proposed to NASA Headquarters as a practical method for detecting extrasolar Earth-size habitable planets.

Most distant object in solar system found
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/15/distant.object/index.html
An article from CNN on the March 15, 2004, discovery of a possible tenth planet in the solar system.