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
TOI-5777 b	372.7	3.10	9.8	6.9	329	2026	Transit
K2-292 b	372.8	2.63	24.5	17.0	522	2019	Transit
TOI-1744.01	373.1	2.68	7.7	22.3	325	2024	Transit
TOI-929 b	373.2	2.69	7.7	5.8	501	2026	Transit
TOI-261.02	373.4	3.35	11.2	13.0	734	2021	Transit
TOI-261.01	373.4	3.04	9.5	3.4	1,449	2021	Transit
TOI-2084 b	373.6	2.47	6.7	6.1	254	2023	Transit
TIC 390586021 b	373.6	2.86	8.6	2.7	—	2026	Transit
K2-128 b	373.9	1.42	2.6	5.7	530	2017	Transit
TOI-1288 b	374.6	4.97	44.1	2.7	930	2022	Transit
TIC 18942729 b	375.6	2.00	4.7	1.0	—	2026	Transit
TOI-1883 b	376.3	5.65	13.7	4.5	271	2024	Transit
TOI-1346 b	376.5	2.39	6.3	1.8	1,051	2025	Transit
TOI-1346 c	376.5	2.23	5.6	5.5	655	2025	Transit
K2-216 b	376.6	1.75	8.0	2.2	830	2018	Transit
TOI-519 b	376.9	11.55	147.2	1.3	414	2021	Transit
WASP-59 b	378.1	8.69	274.3	7.9	397	2012	Transit
TOI-1839 b	378.6	2.27	7.1	1.4	1,312	2026	Transit
TOI-1839 c	378.6	2.50	6.0	4.0	848	2026	Transit
K2-110 b	379.9	2.59	15.9	13.9	365	2017	Transit
TOI-2048 b	380.2	2.61	7.3	13.8	373	2022	Transit
TOI-2180 b	380.6	11.32	875.6	260.8	75	2022	Transit
WASP-140 b	383.6	14.24	775.5	2.2	997	2016	Transit
TOI-6034 b	384.8	11.92	254.0	2.6	441	2024	Transit
K2-130 b	384.9	1.25	2.1	2.5	740	2017	Transit
TOI-1259 A b	385.2	11.60	141.0	3.5	690	2021	Transit
K2-323 b	385.9	2.10	5.1	24.9	45	2020	Transit
TOI-5806 b	388.8	15.13	721.5	3.2	1,348	2026	Transit
TOI-1803 b	388.9	2.99	10.3	6.3	474	2025	Transit
TOI-1803 c	388.9	4.29	8.0	12.9	315	2025	Transit
K2-416 b	392.4	2.66	1,652.7	13.1	174	2023	Transit
NGTS-34 b	392.9	3.65	19.1	43.1	351	2025	Transit
TOI-4465 b	395.1	14.01	1,872.0	101.9	154	2025	Transit
TIC 260969020 b	395.4	2.23	5.6	8.5	—	2026	Transit
K2-404 b	396.7	2.53	6.9	13.1	—	2022	Transit
TOI-4511 b	397.4	2.75	8.0	11.0	1,269	2026	Transit
TOI-1472 b	397.4	4.06	18.1	6.4	618	2024	Transit
WASP-33 b	397.7	17.86	665.2	1.2	2,509	2010	Transit
EPIC 229004835 b	397.8	2.33	10.4	16.1	531	2023	Transit
WASP-156 b	398.1	6.15	42.0	3.8	661	2017	Transit
TIC 88785435 b	399.2	5.03	22.3	10.5	362	2025	Transit
TOI-1659.01	399.5	2.25	5.7	5.9	758	2024	Transit
Kepler-96 b	400.8	2.67	8.5	16.2	438	2014	Transit
WASP-132 b	400.9	10.10	136.0	7.1	409	2016	Transit
WASP-132 c	400.9	1.84	6.3	1.0	1,056	2022	Transit
K2-332 b	401.8	2.20	5.5	17.7	-7	2021	Transit
TOI-622 b	402.1	9.24	96.3	6.4	1,115	2023	Transit
K2-322 b	402.5	1.92	4.3	8.2	362	2020	Transit
K2-275 c	402.6	2.21	5.5	8.4	380	2018	Transit
K2-275 b	402.6	2.34	6.1	3.3	893	2018	Transit
WASP-18 b	402.7	13.90	3,241.8	0.9	2,156	2009	Transit
K2-149 b	403.4	1.64	3.3	11.3	199	2018	Transit
TOI-451 b	403.6	1.84	4.7	1.9	1,201	2020	Transit
TOI-451 c	403.6	2.93	3.7	9.2	592	2020	Transit
TOI-451 d	403.6	3.93	10.2	16.4	441	2020	Transit
K2-125 b	404.9	2.18	5.4	21.8	48	2017	Transit
Kepler-78 b	405.7	1.20	1.7	0.4	1,950	2013	Transit
K2-162 b	405.8	1.44	2.7	9.5	358	2018	Transit
K2-148 c	405.9	1.73	3.6	6.9	357	2018	Transit
K2-148 b	405.9	1.33	2.3	4.4	461	2018	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.