Exoplanet science is the most rapidly growing field in current astronomy, and over 500 exoplanets are now known. The IoA is involved in several projects to discover new exoplanets, using a variety of techniques.

Imaging

Project 1640 is involved in building an Integral Field Spectrograph for planet detection. Read more.

Microlensing & Astrometry

Microlensing relies on the detection of a tiny deviation to the regular microlensing event light curve caused by the presence of a planet orbiting the main lensing star. Read more.

Transit Studies

Both the MONITOR and WFCAM projects use transits to detect exoplanets. Read more.