| astrometry | Astrometry | Detects planets by measuring the tiny positional wobble of a star on the sky. | |
| disk-kinematics | Disk Kinematics | Infers planets from their dynamical signatures in protoplanetary disk gas and dust motion. | |
| eclipse-timing-variations | Eclipse Timing Variations | Detects planets from variations in eclipse times of binary star systems. | |
| imaging | Imaging | Directly photographs a planet by blocking or suppressing the light of its host star. | |
| microlensing | Microlensing | Detects planets via the gravitational lensing effect when a foreground star-planet system magnifies a background star. | |
| orbital-brightness-modulation | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Detects planets from periodic changes in a system's total brightness due to reflected light or tidal distortions. | |
| pulsar-timing | Pulsar Timing | Detects planets orbiting pulsars by measuring changes in the arrival times of radio pulses. | |
| pulsation-timing-variations | Pulsation Timing Variations | Detects planets from periodic changes in the pulsation timing of variable stars. | |
| radial-velocity | Radial Velocity | Measures tiny Doppler shifts in a star's spectrum caused by the gravitational tug of an orbiting planet. | |
| transit | Transit | Detects planets by measuring the periodic dimming of starlight as a planet crosses in front of its host star. | |
| transit-timing-variations | Transit Timing Variations | Infers additional planets from deviations in the expected timing of a known transiting planet. | |