Our Mission

Our Mission is to inspire the people of the world with the thrill of individual discovery, a better understanding of our uniquely precious planet, and a wider perspective on our place in the universe.

Who We Are

We are a diverse group of researchers dedicated to the search for new planets and to enabling you to join this great adventure!

Making You the Astronomer

We're building software with which you can search for and discover new planets, classify stars and learn new facts about known stars, learn much more about your world and the universe, and meet new friends. See what you'll be able to do with the Collaboratory.

What We've Done So Far

We created the Transit Detection Algorithm (TDA), which makes it possible to discover planets from ground-based observatories using the photometric (light-measuring) method. Our TDA has been adapted for use in NASA's Kepler Mission. More...