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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
Proxima Cen d 4.2 0.69 0.3 5.1 9 2025 Radial Velocity
Proxima Cen b 4.2 1.02 1.1 11.2 -55 2016 Radial Velocity
Barnard c 6.0 0.74 0.3 4.1 127 2025 Radial Velocity
Barnard b 6.0 0.72 0.3 3.2 165 2024 Radial Velocity
Barnard e 6.0 0.64 0.2 6.7 67 2025 Radial Velocity
Barnard d 6.0 0.69 0.3 2.3 210 2025 Radial Velocity
eps Eri b 10.4 13.80 317.8 2,680.0 -161 2000 Radial Velocity
GJ 887 c 10.7 2.43 6.5 21.8 47 2020 Radial Velocity
GJ 887 b 10.7 1.80 3.9 9.3 153 2020 Radial Velocity
GJ 887 d 10.7 2.34 6.1 50.8 -32 2026 Radial Velocity
GJ 887 e 10.7 1.12 1.5 4.4 271 2026 Radial Velocity
Ross 128 b 11.0 1.11 1.4 9.9 28 2017 Radial Velocity
Gl 725 A b 11.5 1.48 2.8 11.2 103 2025 Radial Velocity
GJ 15 A c 11.6 6.67 36.0 7,600.0 -227 2018 Radial Velocity
GJ 15 A b 11.6 1.55 3.0 11.4 277 2014 Radial Velocity
tau Cet f 11.8 1.81 3.9 636.1 -71 2017 Radial Velocity
tau Cet h 11.8 1.19 1.8 49.4 200 2017 Radial Velocity
tau Cet g 11.8 1.18 1.8 20.0 366 2017 Radial Velocity
eps Ind A b 11.9 12.70 2,065.9 25,450.0 2 2019 Radial Velocity
GJ 1061 b 12.0 1.04 1.1 3.2 115 2020 Radial Velocity
GJ 1061 d 12.0 1.16 1.7 13.1 -31 2020 Radial Velocity
GJ 1061 c 12.0 1.19 1.8 6.7 31 2020 Radial Velocity
YZ Cet b 12.1 0.91 0.7 2.0 198 2017 Radial Velocity
YZ Cet c 12.1 1.05 1.1 3.1 137 2017 Radial Velocity
YZ Cet d 12.1 1.03 1.1 4.7 84 2017 Radial Velocity
Teegarden's Star d 12.5 0.95 0.8 26.1 -114 2024 Radial Velocity
Teegarden's Star c 12.5 1.02 1.1 11.4 -64 2019 Radial Velocity
Teegarden's Star b 12.5 1.05 1.2 4.9 4 2019 Radial Velocity
Kapteyn c 12.8 2.54 7.0 121.5 -108 2014 Radial Velocity
Wolf 1061 d 14.0 2.69 7.7 217.2 -143 2015 Radial Velocity
Wolf 1061 b 14.0 1.21 1.9 4.9 188 2015 Radial Velocity
Wolf 1061 c 14.0 1.66 3.4 17.9 26 2015 Radial Velocity
GJ 9066 c 14.6 9.60 66.7 771.4 -207 2020 Radial Velocity
GJ 674 b 14.8 3.33 11.1 4.7 258 2007 Radial Velocity
GJ 687 b 14.8 4.32 17.2 38.1 -10 2014 Radial Velocity
GJ 687 c 14.8 4.14 16.0 727.6 -175 2020 Radial Velocity
GJ 876 b 15.2 13.30 723.2 61.1 -83 1998 Radial Velocity
GJ 876 d 15.2 2.51 6.8 1.9 330 2005 Radial Velocity
GJ 876 e 15.2 3.92 14.6 124.3 -123 2010 Radial Velocity
GJ 876 c 15.2 14.00 227.0 30.1 -31 2000 Radial Velocity
GJ 1002 b 15.8 1.03 1.1 10.3 -42 2022 Radial Velocity
GJ 1002 c 15.8 1.10 1.4 21.2 -91 2022 Radial Velocity
GJ 832 b 16.2 13.80 314.7 3,853.0 -215 2008 Radial Velocity
GJ 682 c 16.3 2.89 8.7 57.3 -83 2014 Radial Velocity
GJ 682 b 16.3 1.93 4.4 17.5 9 2014 Radial Velocity
GJ 3323 c 17.5 1.32 2.3 40.5 -125 2017 Radial Velocity
GJ 3323 b 17.5 1.23 2.0 5.4 17 2017 Radial Velocity
GJ 251 b 18.2 1.79 3.9 14.2 63 2020 Radial Velocity
GJ 251 c 18.2 1.80 3.9 53.6 -57 2025 Radial Velocity
GJ 411 b 18.5 1.45 2.7 12.9 77 2019 Radial Velocity
HD 95735 c 18.5 3.76 13.6 2,946.0 -210 2021 Radial Velocity
GJ 229 b 18.8 3.97 14.9 579.5 -161 2014 Radial Velocity
GJ 229 A c 18.8 2.87 8.6 121.9 -85 2020 Radial Velocity
HD 180617 b 19.3 3.53 12.2 105.9 -71 2018 Radial Velocity
GJ 273 b 19.3 1.51 2.9 18.6 19 2017 Radial Velocity
GJ 273 c 19.3 1.06 1.2 4.7 189 2017 Radial Velocity
HD 20794 f 19.6 2.28 5.8 647.6 -59 2025 Radial Velocity
HD 20794 b 19.6 1.45 2.7 18.3 387 2011 Radial Velocity
HD 20794 e 19.6 2.03 4.8 147.0 79 2017 Radial Velocity
HD 20794 d 19.6 2.04 4.8 89.7 115 2011 Radial Velocity

* 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.