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

Proxima Centauri bCircling the star next door, this Earth-mass world is the closest possible exoplanet.

TRAPPIST-1eAstronomy's favorite habitable-zone world: rocky, temperate, and testable.

Kepler-452bA possibly rocky world in a Sun-like star's habitable zone, nicknamed 'Earth's older cousin'.

51 Pegasi bThe planet that started it all was the first world found orbiting a normal star.

How we find themTransits, wobbles, microlensing, astrometry and direct imaging, and the blind spots each one has.

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

Hot JupitersSuper-Earths and sub-Neptunes EarthJupiterNeptune

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

Year	Transit	Radial velocity	Other methods	Total
2026	202	44	37	283
2025	144	61	40	245
2024	187	29	44	260
2023	225	56	42	323
2022	192	115	60	367
2021	457	77	30	564
2020	164	46	24	234
2019	107	65	22	194
2018	244	38	26	308
2017	87	48	17	152
2016	1,432	58	14	1,504
2015	99	46	10	155
2014	810	48	14	872
2013	79	34	15	128
2012	94	39	11	144
2011	80	49	12	141
2010	46	37	10	93
2009	18	66	3	87
2008	15	36	11	62
2007	16	34	2	52
2006	5	21	6	32
2005	0	33	3	36
2004	5	18	4	27
2003	0	21	1	22
2002	1	28	0	29
2001	0	12	0	12
2000	0	16	0	16
1999	0	13	0	13
1998	0	6	0	6
1997	0	1	0	1
1996	0	6	0	6
1995	0	1	0	1
1994	0	0	1	1
1992	0	0	2	2

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

Planet	Distance (ly)	Radius (Earths)	Mass (Earths)	Year (days)	Temp (°C)*	Found	Method
K2-26 b	323.1	2.67	7.6	14.6	157	2016	Transit
Kepler-504 b	323.1	1.59	3.1	9.5	101	2016	Transit
KELT-11 b	323.4	15.13	65.2	4.7	1,439	2017	Transit
HD 77946 b	324.4	2.90	10.9	6.5	856	2024	Transit
TOI-251 b	324.6	2.74	317.8	4.9	768	2021	Transit
TOI-1749 b	324.7	1.39	57.0	2.4	558	2021	Transit
TOI-1749 d	324.7	2.52	15.0	9.0	260	2021	Transit
TOI-1749 c	324.7	2.12	14.0	4.5	400	2021	Transit
WASP-189 b	325.3	18.15	632.5	2.7	3,080	2020	Transit
K2-174 b	325.9	2.60	7.3	19.6	182	2018	Transit
TOI-1533 b	326.3	2.89	28.1	3.6	738	2026	Transit
TOI-1533 c	326.3	7.50	36.6	8.1	355	2026	Transit
WASP-84 c	328.1	1.95	15.2	1.4	1,056	2023	Transit
WASP-84 b	328.1	10.72	220.0	8.5	459	2014	Transit
TOI-1227 b	328.2	9.57	66.5	27.4	-29	2022	Transit
TOI-1723 b	328.5	3.44	10.4	13.7	510	2024	Transit
Qatar-6 b	328.9	11.90	212.3	3.5	733	2017	Transit
TOI-2260 b	330.2	1.62	3.3	0.4	2,336	2022	Transit
K2-222 b	330.5	2.27	7.5	15.4	530	2018	Transit
K2-117 c	331.5	2.06	4.9	5.4	264	2017	Transit
K2-117 b	331.5	2.03	4.8	1.3	595	2017	Transit
HIP 8152 c	331.7	2.52	10.7	19.6	378	2023	Transit
HIP 8152 b	331.7	2.54	8.9	10.8	522	2023	Transit
TOI-5624 b	332.4	2.31	9.4	3.4	863	2026	Transit
TOI-5624 c	332.4	2.47	4.8	7.9	584	2026	Transit
TOI-5624 d	332.4	3.58	4.9	13.7	439	2026	Transit
TOI-5624 e	332.4	3.25	8.9	21.5	341	2026	Transit
TOI-199 b	333.6	9.08	54.0	104.9	52	2023	Transit
K2-150 b	334.3	2.00	4.7	10.6	140	2018	Transit
TOI-1244 b	334.5	2.47	6.6	6.4	442	2024	Transit
K2-229 c	334.5	2.03	7.0	8.3	477	2018	Transit
K2-229 b	334.5	1.00	2.5	0.6	1,545	2018	Transit
TOI-4513 b	334.7	2.35	6.1	9.8	380	2026	Transit
TOI-883 b	334.8	7.17	40.7	10.1	588	2026	Transit
K2-126 b	335.8	1.97	4.5	7.4	328	2017	Transit
TOI-1752 b	336.0	1.69	3.5	0.9	763	2026	Transit
TOI-1752 c	336.0	2.29	5.9	32.7	18	2026	Transit
TOI-1437 b	336.9	2.24	9.6	18.8	521	2024	Transit
Kepler-1319 b	338.9	1.34	2.4	2.9	284	2016	Transit
TOI-1716.01	339.7	3.14	10.0	8.1	686	2024	Transit
HD 110082 b	342.8	3.20	10.3	10.2	684	2021	Transit
WASP-77 A b	343.0	13.56	529.3	1.4	1,401	2012	Transit
HD 224018 c	344.0	2.42	10.4	36.6	368	2025	Transit
HD 224018 d	344.0	2.40	4.2	138.1	138	2025	Transit
K2-346 b	344.4	2.26	5.7	26.2	177	2021	Transit
HIP 41378 b	346.7	2.64	6.9	15.6	686	2016	Transit
HIP 41378 c	346.7	2.74	6.0	31.7	484	2016	Transit
HIP 41378 d	346.7	3.65	6.5	278.4	94	2016	Transit
HIP 41378 e	346.7	5.19	7.6	393.0	62	2016	Transit
HIP 41378 f	346.7	9.47	25.0	542.1	21	2016	Transit
HD 110113 b	346.7	2.05	4.5	2.5	1,098	2021	Transit
TOI-1279 b	349.2	2.66	10.6	9.6	486	2024	Transit
TOI-2545 b	349.4	2.75	8.0	8.0	750	2022	Transit
K2-284 b	349.9	2.78	8.2	4.8	380	2018	Transit
K2-199 c	350.7	2.85	12.4	7.4	421	2018	Transit
K2-199 b	350.7	1.73	6.9	3.2	640	2018	Transit
Kepler-102 b	351.6	0.46	1.1	5.3	584	2014	Transit
Kepler-102 d	351.6	1.15	3.0	10.3	413	2014	Transit
Kepler-102 c	351.6	0.57	1.7	7.1	504	2014	Transit
Kepler-102 f	351.6	0.86	4.3	27.5	222	2014	Transit

* 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.

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.