Lists Extrasolar Planets (SpaceRef Interactive) Provides dozens of sources of information, along with a description for each source. 8-00 Extrasolar Planets - Resources (Schneider) Provides sources of information on efforts to discover more extrasolar planets, planet that are outside of our solar system. syst 7-00 News New Planet Discoveries (Yahoo) Provides news on the latest planets discovered that are outside of our solar system. syst 11-01 Planets Found in Solar System Similar to Ours (University of California, Berkeley - Exoplanets.org) Provides news about the discovery of a Jupiter size planet that is in an orbit similar to the orbit of our Jupiter. 8-01 Papers Antimatter Space Ships (HowStuffWorks.com) Describes how an antimatter space ship might produce a great deal more energy than any other source now known and even allow interstellar travel, travel to other planets from distant stars. 11-00. Astrobiology (SpaceRef Interactive) Provides a description of the emerging field of astrobiology and suggests how to enter it. 8-00 Astrochemistry (SpaceRef Interactive) Explores the emerging field of astrochemistry and the questions that arise from it. 8-00 Bioastronomy (IAU Commission) Provides a description of the emerging field of bioastronomy. 8-00 Extrasolar Planets Chart (Mamajek) Provides a chart identifying the planets discovered outside of our solar system, along with their characteristics and size. syst 8-00 Extreme Forms of Life on Earth (SpaceRef Interactive) Provides sources of information on extreme forms of life deep in the ocean and deep beneath the surface of the earth. Such forms of life, called extremophiles, may exist below the surface of other planets. 8-00 How Planets Are Found (Mercury Magazine - Fischer) Describes (for the average person) how planets in other solar systems are found, as well as why it has taken decades to find the first ones. 8-01 Mission to Find Earth-Size Planets (NASA - Koch) Provides a description of the Kepler project, proposed to find planets in other solar systems that are as small as the earth. syst 8-00 More Planets Discovered (Washington Post) Provides short discussions about the 10 new planets that have been discovered recently. 7-00 New Planets Discovered (CNN - Space) Describes the discovery of 11 new planets outside of our solar system. One is in the "habitable" zone for life as we know it. 4-01 Paintings of Extrasolar Planets (Cook) Provides descriptions of the planets found outside of our solar system and includes colorful paintings of how Cook imagines them to look. syst 8-00 Planet Discovered in "Life" Zone (CNN - Stenger) Describes planet found in another solar system that is the correct distance from its sun to support life. 5-01 Planetary Protection (SpaceRef Interactive) Explores issues related to protecting the earth, and other planets, from contamination by life forms from each other. 8-00 Planetlike Body Seen Orbiting a Star (CNN.com) "Astronomers have taken optical images of a giant planetlike body orbiting near a sunlike star, making it the closest ever observed around a star through direct imaging." 1-02 Planets Found - Imaginary (Walker) Creates a picture of new planet every day (from a computer program) to resemble one that may one day be found. Walker calls each a "Terranova," a New Earth. 8-01 Planets in Other Solar Systems (Exoplanets.org) Provides news about the latest findings on planets in other solar systems. Also provides latest findings on existing planets, techniques for finding planets, and more. 8-01 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Life (SETI) Institute Size and Orbits of Planets in Other Solar Systems (Exoplanets.org) Describes the mass and orbital paths of planets from other solar systems. Planets outside of our solar system are called exoplanets. 8-01 Solar Systems Similar to Ours Found (USAToday.com - Fergano) "European and U.S. astronomers Thursday announced the discovery of two solar systems with planets in orbits similar to our own, a finding that boosts the odds that they harbor extraterrestrial life." One orbits the star 55 Cancri, in the Cancer constellation. 6-02 Terraforming - Bringing Life to a Planet (SpaceRef Interactive) Provides sources of information on terraforming, especially Mars. 8-00 Projects Extremophiles (NASA Science) Provides articles, lessons, and worksheets related to life forms that can thrive in very extreme conditions, such as heat, cold, pressure, radiation, salt, and even the vacuum of space. 8-00 SETI at Home (UC Berkeley - Serendip Project) Provides a screen saver that you can use at home to help find evidence of possible life outside of our solar system. The screen saver uses your computer to provide data for the search. 10-00

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