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It appears that two new planets have been discovered and they are both similar to Neptune in mass. This is a step in the right direction since the majority of the planets already discovered have at the least the mass of Jupiter and lots have been very massive, approx 10 times the mass of Jupiter!

This news is slightly out of date but I just got reminded since the papers have appeared in this months Astrophysical Journal. This helps to increase the total number of extrasolar planets found. I think there is now 138 planets known. According to exoplanets.org. This is really intriguing. Ever since my group studies last year I have been rather interested in this field. Lots of stuff to do, learn and discover. Oh and before anyone asks no its not at the point of hunting for "little green men". To get atmospheric data would be a gift.. nevermind evidence of life. One day though.

More:
+ Exoplanets.org - http://www.exoplanets.org
+ Butler et. al., to appear in Dec 2004 ApJ - http://exoplanets.org/neptune_web/gl436.pdf
+ McArthur et. al., to appear in Dec 2004 ApJ -
http://clyde.as.utexas.edu/SpAstNEW/planets.html
+ Links from my site - http://extrasolar.krioma.net/links.htm