Blaes, O. \"A Universe of Disks.\" Scientific American<\/em> (October 2004): 48. On accretion disks and jets around young stars and black holes.<\/p>\r\n Croswell, K. \"The Dust Belt Next Door [Tau Ceti].\" Scientific American<\/em> (January 2015): 24. Short intro to recent observations of planets and a wide dust belt.<\/p>\r\n Frank, A. \"Starmaker: The New Story of Stellar Birth.\" Astronomy<\/em> (July 1996): 52.<\/p>\r\n Jayawardhana, R. \"Spying on Stellar Nurseries.\" Astronomy<\/em> (November 1998): 62. On protoplanetary disks.<\/p>\r\n O\u2019Dell, C. R. \"Exploring the Orion Nebula.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (December 1994): 20. Good review with Hubble results.<\/p>\r\n Ray, T. \"Fountains of Youth: Early Days in the Life of a Star.\" Scientific American<\/em> (August 2000): 42. On outflows from young stars.<\/p>\r\n Young, E. \"Cloudy with a Chance of Stars.\" Scientific American<\/em> (February 2010): 34. On how clouds of interstellar matter turn into star systems.<\/p>\r\n Young, Monica \"Making Massive Stars.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (October 2015): 24. Models and observations on how the most massive stars form.<\/p>\r\n Billings, L. \"In Search of Alien Jupiters.\" Scientific American<\/em> (August 2015): 40\u201347. The race to image jovian planets with current instruments and why a direct image of a terrestrial planet is still in the future.<\/p>\r\n Heller, R. \"Better Than Earth.\" Scientific American<\/em> (January 2015): 32\u201339. What kinds of planets may be habitable; super-Earths and jovian planet moons should also be considered.<\/p>\r\n Laughlin, G. \"How Worlds Get Out of Whack.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (May 2013): 26. On how planets can migrate from the places they form in a star system.<\/p>\r\n Marcy, G. \"The New Search for Distant Planets.\" Astronomy<\/em> (October 2006): 30. Fine brief overview. (The same issue has a dramatic fold-out visual atlas of extrasolar planets, from that era.)<\/p>\r\n Redd, N. \"Why Haven\u2019t We Found Another Earth?\" Astronomy<\/em> (February 2016): 25. Looking for terrestrial planets in the habitable zone with evidence of life.<\/p>\r\n Seager, S. \"Exoplanets Everywhere.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 2013): 18. An excellent discussion of some of the frequently asked questions about the nature and arrangement of planets out there.<\/p>\r\n Seager, S. \"The Hunt for Super-Earths.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (October 2010): 30. The search for planets that are up to 10 times the mass of Earth and what they can teach us.<\/p>\r\n Villard, R. \"Hunting for Earthlike Planets.\" Astronomy<\/em> (April 2011): 28. How we expect to find and characterize super-Earth (planets somewhat bigger than ours) using new instruments and techniques that could show us what their atmospheres are made of.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Blaes, O. “A Universe of Disks.” Scientific American<\/em> (October 2004): 48. On accretion disks and jets around young stars and black holes.<\/p>\n Croswell, K. “The Dust Belt Next Door [Tau Ceti].” Scientific American<\/em> (January 2015): 24. Short intro to recent observations of planets and a wide dust belt.<\/p>\n Frank, A. “Starmaker: The New Story of Stellar Birth.” Astronomy<\/em> (July 1996): 52.<\/p>\n Jayawardhana, R. “Spying on Stellar Nurseries.” Astronomy<\/em> (November 1998): 62. On protoplanetary disks.<\/p>\n O\u2019Dell, C. R. “Exploring the Orion Nebula.” Sky & Telescope<\/em> (December 1994): 20. Good review with Hubble results.<\/p>\n Ray, T. “Fountains of Youth: Early Days in the Life of a Star.” Scientific American<\/em> (August 2000): 42. On outflows from young stars.<\/p>\n Young, E. “Cloudy with a Chance of Stars.” Scientific American<\/em> (February 2010): 34. On how clouds of interstellar matter turn into star systems.<\/p>\n Young, Monica “Making Massive Stars.” Sky & Telescope<\/em> (October 2015): 24. Models and observations on how the most massive stars form.<\/p>\n Billings, L. “In Search of Alien Jupiters.” Scientific American<\/em> (August 2015): 40\u201347. The race to image jovian planets with current instruments and why a direct image of a terrestrial planet is still in the future.<\/p>\n Heller, R. “Better Than Earth.” Scientific American<\/em> (January 2015): 32\u201339. What kinds of planets may be habitable; super-Earths and jovian planet moons should also be considered.<\/p>\n Laughlin, G. “How Worlds Get Out of Whack.” Sky & Telescope<\/em> (May 2013): 26. On how planets can migrate from the places they form in a star system.<\/p>\n Marcy, G. “The New Search for Distant Planets.” Astronomy<\/em> (October 2006): 30. Fine brief overview. (The same issue has a dramatic fold-out visual atlas of extrasolar planets, from that era.)<\/p>\n Redd, N. “Why Haven\u2019t We Found Another Earth?” Astronomy<\/em> (February 2016): 25. Looking for terrestrial planets in the habitable zone with evidence of life.<\/p>\n Seager, S. “Exoplanets Everywhere.” Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 2013): 18. An excellent discussion of some of the frequently asked questions about the nature and arrangement of planets out there.<\/p>\n Seager, S. “The Hunt for Super-Earths.” Sky & Telescope<\/em> (October 2010): 30. The search for planets that are up to 10 times the mass of Earth and what they can teach us.<\/p>\n Villard, R. “Hunting for Earthlike Planets.” Astronomy<\/em> (April 2011): 28. How we expect to find and characterize super-Earth (planets somewhat bigger than ours) using new instruments and techniques that could show us what their atmospheres are made of.<\/p>\n Exoplanet Exploration<\/a>: PlanetQuest (from the Navigator Program at the Jet Propulsion Lab) is probably the best site for students and beginners, with introductory materials and nice illustrations; it focuses mostly on NASA work and missions.<\/p>\n Exoplanets<\/a>: Planetary Society\u2019s exoplanets pages with a dynamic catalog of planets found and good explanations.<\/p>\n Exoplanets: The Search for Planets beyond Our Solar System<\/a>: From the British Institute of Physics in 2010.<\/p>\n Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia<\/a>: Maintained by Jean Schneider of the Paris Observatory, has the largest catalog of planet discoveries and useful background material (some of it more technical).<\/p>\n Formation of Stars<\/a>: Star Formation page from the Hubble Space Telescope, with links to images and information.<\/p>\n Kepler Mission<\/a>: The public website for the remarkable telescope in space that is searching planets using the transit technique and is our best hope for finding earthlike planets.<\/p>\n Proxima Centauri Planet Discovery<\/a><\/p>\n Exoplanet<\/a>: Allows you to browse through a regularly updated visual catalog of exoplanets that have been found so far.<\/p>\n Journey to the Exoplanets<\/a>: Produced by the staff of Scientific American<\/em>, with input from scientists and space artists; gives background information and visual tours of the nearer star systems with planets.<\/p>\n A Star Is Born<\/a>: Discovery Channel video with astronomer Michelle Thaller (2:25).<\/p>\n Are We Alone: An Evening Dialogue with the Kepler Mission Leaders<\/a>: A non-technical panel discussion on Kepler results and ideas about planet formation with Bill Borucki, Natalie Batalha, and Gibor Basri (moderated by Andrew Fraknoi) at the University of California, Berkeley (2:07:01).<\/p>\n Finding the Next Earth: The Latest Results from Kepler<\/a>: Natalie Batalha (San Jose State University & NASA Ames) public talk in the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (1:28:38).<\/p>\n From Hot Jupiters to Habitable Worlds: (Part 1<\/a>) and (Part 2<\/a>). Debra Fischer (Yale University) public talk in Hawaii sponsored by the Keck Observatory (15:20 Part 1, 21:32 Part 2).<\/p>\n Search for Habitable Exoplanets<\/a>: Sara Seeger (MIT) public talk at the SETI Institute, with Kepler results (1:10:35).<\/p>\n Strange Planetary Vistas<\/a>: Josh Carter (CfA) public talk at Harvard\u2019s Center for Astrophysics with a friendly introduction to exoplanets for non-specialists (46:35).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t Websites and Apps<\/h3>\r\nExoplanet Exploration<\/a>: PlanetQuest (from the Navigator Program at the Jet Propulsion Lab) is probably the best site for students and beginners, with introductory materials and nice illustrations; it focuses mostly on NASA work and missions.\r\n\r\nExoplanets<\/a>: Planetary Society\u2019s exoplanets pages with a dynamic catalog of planets found and good explanations.\r\n\r\nExoplanets: The Search for Planets beyond Our Solar System<\/a>: From the British Institute of Physics in 2010.\r\n\r\nExtrasolar Planets Encyclopedia<\/a>: Maintained by Jean Schneider of the Paris Observatory, has the largest catalog of planet discoveries and useful background material (some of it more technical).\r\n\r\nFormation of Stars<\/a>: Star Formation page from the Hubble Space Telescope, with links to images and information.\r\n\r\nKepler Mission<\/a>: The public website for the remarkable telescope in space that is searching planets using the transit technique and is our best hope for finding earthlike planets.\r\n\r\nProxima Centauri Planet Discovery<\/a>\r\n\r\nExoplanet<\/a>: Allows you to browse through a regularly updated visual catalog of exoplanets that have been found so far.\r\n\r\nJourney to the Exoplanets<\/a>: Produced by the staff of Scientific American<\/em>, with input from scientists and space artists; gives background information and visual tours of the nearer star systems with planets.\r\n
Videos<\/h3>\r\nA Star Is Born<\/a>: Discovery Channel video with astronomer Michelle Thaller (2:25).\r\n\r\nAre We Alone: An Evening Dialogue with the Kepler Mission Leaders<\/a>: A non-technical panel discussion on Kepler results and ideas about planet formation with Bill Borucki, Natalie Batalha, and Gibor Basri (moderated by Andrew Fraknoi) at the University of California, Berkeley (2:07:01).\r\n\r\nFinding the Next Earth: The Latest Results from Kepler<\/a>: Natalie Batalha (San Jose State University & NASA Ames) public talk in the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (1:28:38).\r\n\r\nFrom Hot Jupiters to Habitable Worlds: (Part 1<\/a>) and (Part 2<\/a>). Debra Fischer (Yale University) public talk in Hawaii sponsored by the Keck Observatory (15:20 Part 1, 21:32 Part 2).\r\n\r\nSearch for Habitable Exoplanets<\/a>: Sara Seeger (MIT) public talk at the SETI Institute, with Kepler results (1:10:35).\r\n\r\nStrange Planetary Vistas<\/a>: Josh Carter (CfA) public talk at Harvard\u2019s Center for Astrophysics with a friendly introduction to exoplanets for non-specialists (46:35).","rendered":"
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