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Exoplanets

6,372 confirmed planets around other stars: the real catalog, from the NASA Exoplanet Archive.

Every world below is a confirmed discovery. Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC), planetary systems composite table, cached Sep 27, 2026. Values are the archive’s best estimates and carry uncertainties; blank cells mean the quantity has not been measured, never guessed.

Worlds worth knowing4

Where the known planets sit

Each dot is a confirmed planet, placed by the length of its year and by its size. The rings mark our own Solar System for scale.

  • Transit
  • Radial velocity
  • Other methods
  • Solar System planets

5,964 of the 5,972 planets with a known period and radius are drawn; the rest fall outside these axes. Radii of planets that do not transit are usually estimated from their mass. Tap or hover a dot for its name. Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Discoveries by year, and how they were made

Since 2010, transit surveys have found more planets than the wobble method every year. Hover or tap a year for its breakdown.

  • Transit 4,709
  • Radial velocity 1,202
  • Other methods 461
Show these numbers as a table
YearTransitRadial velocityOther methodsTotal
20262024437283
20251446140245
20241872944260
20232255642323
202219211560367
20214577730564
20201644624234
20191076522194
20182443826308
2017874817152
20161,43258141,504
2015994610155
20148104814872
2013793415128
2012943911144
2011804912141
201046371093
20091866387
200815361162
20071634252
2006521632
2005033336
2004518427
2003021122
2002128029
2001012012
2000016016
1999013013
19980606
19970101
19960606
19950101
19940011
19920022

2026 is a partial year. Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Closest to Earth Most Earth-sized & temperate Largest Smallest Hottest Coldest Most recently discovered Biggest planetary families
Discovery method: All Transit Radial Velocity Microlensing Imaging Transit Timing Variations Eclipse Timing Variations Orbital Brightness Modulation Pulsar Timing
PlanetDistance (ly)Radius (Earths) Mass (Earths)Year (days)Temp (°C)* FoundMethod
HR 8799 b 134.5 13.00 2,000.0 170,000.0 927 2008 Imaging
HR 8799 e 134.5 13.11 3,178.3 20,815.6 877 2010 Imaging
HR 8799 d 134.5 13.00 3,000.0 37,000.0 1,027 2008 Imaging
HR 8799 c 134.5 13.00 3,000.0 69,000.0 927 2008 Imaging
bet Pic b 64.4 18.49 2,765.1 8,682.0 1,339 2008 Imaging
bet Pic d 64.4 14.12 762.8 33,200.0 327 2026 Imaging
HD 206893 c 132.9 16.37 3,527.9 2,290.0 909 2022 Imaging
HD 206893 b 132.9 14.01 6,197.7 11,100.0 1,156 2021 Imaging
LkCa 15 b 515.8 — — — -206 2015 Imaging
LkCa 15 c 515.8 — — — -214 2015 Imaging
PDS 70 c 368.8 22.19 2,383.7 — 781 2019 Imaging
PDS 70 b 368.8 21.97 1,017.1 43,500.0 1,119 2018 Imaging
TYC 8998-760-1 c 308.6 12.33 1,907.0 — 967 2020 Imaging
TYC 8998-760-1 b 308.6 21.18 6,928.7 — 2,365 2020 Imaging
WISPIT 1 b 750.2 12.40 3,305.4 — -260 2025 Imaging
WISPIT 1 c 750.2 12.80 1,684.5 — -265 2025 Imaging
WISPIT 2 c 440.0 17.93 3,178.3 — 1,777 2026 Imaging
WISPIT 2 b 440.0 17.93 1,541.5 — -240 2025 Imaging
1RXS J160929.1-210524 b 453.8 18.65 3,000.0 — 1,427 2008 Imaging
2MASS J01033563-5515561 AB b 153.9 12.30 4,131.8 — — 2013 Imaging
2MASS J01225093-2439505 b 110.3 11.21 7,786.5 — 1,327 2013 Imaging
2MASS J02192210-3925225 b 130.8 16.14 4,417.8 — -267 2015 Imaging
2MASS J0249-0557 c 215.5 17.37 3,616.9 — 1,450 2018 Imaging
2MASS J03590986+2009361 b 383.0 12.20 5,720.9 — 2,096 2024 Imaging
2M0437 b 419.1 13.00 1,271.3 — 1,177 2021 Imaging
2MASS J04414489+2301513 b 392.8 12.60 2,383.6 — -256 2010 Imaging
2MASS J11011926-7732383 b — 11.90 8,899.2 — 2,404 2024 Imaging
2MASS J11550485-7919108 b 329.0 12.10 6,356.6 — 2,233 2024 Imaging
2MASS J12073346-3932539 b 209.7 15.69 1,652.7 — 890 2004 Imaging
KOINTREAU-4 b 474.3 12.20 4,862.8 — — 2026 Imaging
2MASS J21252752-8138278 b 111.3 12.40 3,813.9 — 1,343 2024 Imaging
2MASS J22362452+4751425 b 226.9 12.30 3,972.9 — -263 2016 Imaging
2MASS J22501512+2325342 b 186.7 11.90 9,534.9 — 1,327 2018 Imaging
51 Eri b 97.1 — 3,464.3 9,100.0 534 2015 Imaging
AB Aur b 528.8 12.50 2,860.5 — -190 2022 Imaging
AB Pic b 163.2 12.30 4,290.5 — -257 2005 Imaging
AF Lep b 87.6 13.00 1,147.4 8,905.0 1,127 2023 Imaging
BD+60 1417 b 146.6 14.68 4,767.4 — 1,030 2021 Imaging
CFBDSIR J145829+101343 b 75.3 12.40 3,337.1 10,037.5 97 2011 Imaging
CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b — 20.85 2,479.1 8,040,000.0 1,527 2020 Imaging
CHXR 73 b 620.9 12.30 3,994.5 — — 2006 Imaging
COCONUTS-2 b 35.5 12.58 2,383.7 402,000,000.0 220 2021 Imaging
CT Cha b 622.0 24.66 5,403.0 — 2,327 2007 Imaging
CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3 b 47.1 12.20 4,926.3 — 117 2025 Imaging
DH Tau b 439.8 30.26 3,496.0 — 1,927 2004 Imaging
FU Tau b 435.4 12.20 5,085.3 — 2,102 2008 Imaging
G 196-3 b 71.1 12.00 8,263.5 — 1,397 2024 Imaging
GJ 504 b 57.2 12.11 1,271.3 — 237 2013 Imaging
GJ 900 b 67.9 12.40 3,496.1 — -272 2024 Imaging
GQ Lup b 493.0 33.60 6,356.0 — 2,377 2004 Imaging
GSC 06214-00210 b 353.9 20.18 5,000.0 — 2,027 2010 Imaging
GU Psc b 155.1 14.18 3,591.3 — 777 2014 Imaging
HD 100546 b 357.7 77.34 2,701.5 — -178 2014 Imaging
HD 106906 b 336.0 12.40 3,496.0 — 1,527 2013 Imaging
HD 135344 A b 461.8 16.25 3,178.3 — 1,312 2025 Imaging
HD 143811 AB b 445.6 15.69 1,938.8 117,000.0 769 2025 Imaging
HD 169142 b 370.5 13.10 953.5 — -202 2023 Imaging
HD 203030 b 128.0 14.46 3,496.1 — 767 2006 Imaging
HD 284149 AB b 384.2 12.00 8,352.5 — 2,122 2017 Imaging
HD 95086 b 281.2 12.90 1,589.0 — 727 2013 Imaging

* Equilibrium temperature is the airless-world estimate; a real atmosphere changes it (Earth’s is −18 °C by this measure, +15 °C in reality). “—” means the archive lists no measured value.

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An exoplanet being in the habitable zone does NOT mean life has been found there. It means liquid water is possible with the right atmosphere. No life has been detected beyond Earth. Read more in Habitable Zones.