2005:
Scientists Announce Smallest Extra-Solar Planet Yet Discovered And Find Outer Limits Of The Pulsar Planetary System, Science Daily, Feb. 12, 2005
2004:
Search for other Earths, T. Appenzeller, National Geographic 206, p. 68, Dec. 2004
Im Orbit Auf Planetenfang, T. Dambeck, Astronomie Heute, p. 16, Dec. 2004
Planetary Diversity, D. J. Stevenson, Physics Today, p. 43, Apr. 2004. Guest editor article for a series of articles on planets.
Origin of Terrestrial Planets and the Earth-Moon System, Robin Canup, Physics Today, p.56, Apr. 2004
Probing the giant Planets, Tristan Guillot, Physics Today, p.63, Apr. 2004
2003:
Primeval Planets: Oldest Known World Conjures Prospect of Ancient Life Robert Roy Brit July 10, 2003 Space.com
Ancient Planet Turns Back the Clock Robert Irion, July 10, 2003, Science
A Young White Dwarf Companion to Pulsar B1620-26: Evidence for Early Planet Formation Steinn Sigurdsson, Harvey B. Richer, Brad M. Hansen, Ingrid H. Stairs, Stephen E. Thorsett, Science, July 10, 2003
Bill Borucki's Planet Search, Andrew Lawler, Air and Space, p. 52, April/May 2003
2002:
Kepler to Search for Terrestrial Planets, Shari Asplund, Discovery Dispatch, Jan., 2002
Search for Earth-like Planets Narrows, R. Talcott, Astronomy, p.20, Feb. 2002
30 Billion Earths? New Estimate of Exoplanets in Our Galaxy Rober Roy Britt, Space.com Jan 29, 2002
Jupiters Like Our Own Await Planet Hunters, Richard A. Kerr, Science, p605, Jan 25, 2002
Latest Observations Bring The Unseen Into View: Exoplanet Pix Coming Soon?, Govert Schilling, Science, p616, Jan. 25, 2002
Planet Hunters Pledge Eddington Suport, Tom Clarke, Nature, Jan 15 2002
News stories on Kepler selection:
Search for Other Earths, Duncan Graham, New Scientist, p.10, Jan. 12, 2002
Dawn and Kepler Set for 2006 Lift-off Nature, Vol 415, p108, Jan 10, 2002
Kepler: The Search Is On, Edna DeVore, Space.com Jan. 10, 2002
New Discovery Missions May Pave Way for Planet Finder, Brian Berger, Space News, p. 8 Jan 7, 2002
NASA Goes Planet Hunting Michael Mecham, Aviation Week and Space Technology, p. 36, Jan. 7. 2002
NASA Missions to Explore Baby Planets Jay Wrolstad, NewsFactor, Jan 3, 2002
2001:
News stories on Kepler selection:
Astronomy.com Dec 30, 2001
CNN.com Dec 22, 2001
MSNBC Dec 21, 2001
NASA Ames press release Dec 21, 2001
NASA Headquarters press release Dec 21, 2001
Rocky Mountain News Dec 22, 2001
Rocky Mountain News Dec 24, 2001
San Jose Mercury News Dec 21, 2001
Seattle Times Dec 23, 2001
Space.com Dec 21, 2001
Space Daily Dec 21, 2001
Stuttgarter Zeitung Dec 29, 2001
First Detection of an Extrasolar Planet's Atmosphere Robert Roy Britt Space.com Nov. 27, 2001
First Detection of an Extrasolar Planet's Atmosphere NASA press release Nov. 27, 2001
Shadow Science, Oliver Morton, Wired, p.162, June 2001
Other Worlds Gentry Lee, space.com, Mar. 19, 2001
Search for Planets Yields Surprises Lindsay Renick Mayer, The Daily Cardinal, Feb. 5, 2001
The Search for Another Earth Jeffery Terraciano, WIRED News, Feb. 3, 2001
Lost Worlds Evidence for the maverick view, George Musser, Scientific American, Jan. 2001
Other Earths: Are They Out There? John G. Watson, Space.com, Jan 23, 2001
Hunt for Earth-Like Planets Edges Towards Launch Pad Tony Reichhardt, Nature, 409, 124, Jan 11, 2001
2000:
Extrasolar Planets: Fifty and Counting, Robert Naeye, Astronomy, p. 26, Nov, 2000
Searching for Shadows of Other Worlds, L. R. Doyle, H. Deeg and T. M. Brown, Scientific American, p. 58-65, Sept, 2000
Prowling for Planets , Debra Fischer, Mercuy, p.13 July/August, 2000
A Road Map for Planet Hunting The Economist, April 8-14, 2000
Sun-Stains (planetary transits) Philip and Phylis Morrison Scientific American , p.104-105, March 2000
Hunting Planets Beyond, Geoff Marcy and Paul Butler, Astronomy, March, 2000
1999:
How common are habitable planets? J. Lissauer, Nature 402, c11, Dec. 2, 1999
Is Anybody Out There? New ScientistSept 18, 1999
Dawn of a New Solar System, Patricia King and Thomas Hayden, Newsweek, April 26, 1999
1998:
"Scientist Puzzle Over Extrasolar Planets" R. Cowen Science News Online Aug. 8, 1998
"Planet Hunters", Sally Stephens, Astronomy, Vol 26, July, 1998, p. 58-63 (cover story)
New
Planet Detected Around a Star 15 Light-Years Away J. Wilford, New
York Times June 26, 1998
"The Birth of Planets", Sharon Begley, Newsweek, May 4, 1998, p. 54-60
"Giant Planets Orbiting Faraway Stars", Geoffery Marcy and R. Paul Butler, Scientific American , March 1998
"The Diversity of Planetary Systems", Geoffery Marcy and R. Paul Butler, Sky & Telescope, Vol 95, Mar. 1998, p. 30-37
'Wanted: Life-Bearing Planets", Doug McInnis, Astronomy, Vol 26., Apr. 1998, p.38-43
1997:
"Planets Around Other Suns Are Hot Hot Hot", Stephen P. Maran, Smithsonian, Vol 28 Sept 1997, p. 72-80
"Does 51 Pegasi's Planet Really Exist?", Joshua Roth, Sky & Telescope, Vol 93 May. 1997, p. 24-25
"The Strange New Planetary Zoo", Robert Naeye, Astronomy Vol 25, Apr. 1997, p. 42-49
"A Tour of Extrasolar Planets", Alan M. MacRobert, Sky & Telescope, Vol 93 Mar. 1997, p. 80-81
Scientists Step Up Search for Extrasolar Planets J Wilford, New York Times Feb. 9, 1997
"How to Build 51 Pegasi's Planet", Joshua Roth, Sky & Telescope, Vol 93 Feb. 1997, p. 12-13
"All Possible Worlds", Gideon Lichfield, The Economist, Jan 25, 1997, p. 71-73
1996:
"Extrasolar Planets", Alan P. Boss, Physics Today, Vol 49, Sept. 1996, p. 32-38
"Other Suns, Other Planets?", David Black, Sky & Telescope, Vol 92 Aug. 1996, p. 20-27
A Parade of New Planets C. S. Powell, Scientific American, May 1996
"Two New Solar Systems", Robert Naeye, Astronomy Vol 24, Apr. 1996, p. 50-55
"Search for Life on Other Planets", J.R.P. Angel and N.J. Woolf, Scientific American, Apr. 1996, p. 60-66 summary
"Is This Planet for Real?", Robert Naeye, Astronomy Vol 24, Mar. 1996, p. 34-41
"Searching for other Worlds", Michael Lemonick, Time, Feb. 5, 1996, p. 52-57 (cover story)
"Life in Space?" Lehrer News Hour Transcript Jan. 18, 1996
1994:
"The Great Reconnaissance", The Economist, July 25, 1994, p. 91--93
1991:
"Worlds Around Other Stars", David Black, Scientific American, Jan. 1991
Worlds Beyond (Extrasolar Planets), Ron Miller, Twenty-First Century Books, 2002, ISBN 0-7613-2354-6 (mostly pictures)
Worlds Unnumbered The Search for Extrasolar Planets, Donald Goldsmith, University Science Books, 1997, ISBN 0-935702-97-0
Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems,
Ken Croswell, The Free Press, 1997 ISBN 0-684-83252-6
A narrative history of the failures and successes in planet detection, both inside and outside of our solar system.
Other Suns. Other Worlds? Dennis L. Mammana and Donald W. McCarthy, Jr., St.
Martin's Press, 1996, ISBN 0-312-14021-5
See reviews for the above three books in:
Astronomy, Sept '97 p.92
Physics Today, Apr '98 p. 68
Sky & Telescope, Apr '98 p. 67
Other Worlds: The Search for Life in the Universe, Michael D. Lemonick, Simon & Schuster, 1998, ISBN 0684832291
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee, Copernicus (Springer-Verlag), 2000, ISBN 0-387-98701-0 (see reviews in: Science, 288, 625, 28 Apr 2000; and Physics Today, Sept, 2000, p. 62)
Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System Bruce Dorminey Copernicus Books, 2002 ISBN 0387950745, 226pp. Based on dozens of interviews, this book tells the story of the search undertaken to find extrasolar planets.
