Along with Alycia Weinberger and Ian Thompson, Alan Boss has been running the Carnegie Astrometric Planet Search (CAPS) program, which searches for extrasolar planets by the astrometric method, where the planet's presence is detected indirectly through the wobble of the host star around the center of mass of the system. (carnegiescience.edu)
Its specialty will be time - domain spectroscopy — useful for observing accretion by galactic black holes, surveys of distant supernovae and even searches for extrasolar planets. (scientificamerican.com)
Two groups of researchers searching for extrasolar planets — planets orbiting stars other than our own sun — laid claim today to an astronomy milestone: photographing extrasolar planets directly, rather than inferring their presence through effects on their parent stars. (scientificamerican.com)