Originally posted by oleg: Introduction: As most people here know, the humanity has greatly increased the knowledge of nearby star system composiotions: Due to the progress in astronomical devices and software development, we can detect massive planets orbiting stars (sorry, I do not have a link in hand but it a very hot topic in SETI today andt somebody else can surely supply the most recent link on the subject).
http://www.extrasolar.net/
Great site, with lots of cool graphics and extrasolar landscapes (and a complete list of all extrasolar worlds and data)