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
WASP-38 b	444.4	13.79	1,093.3	6.9	977	2010	Transit
TOI-1722 b	444.9	4.38	17.6	9.6	679	2026	Transit
KELT-20 b	445.0	19.51	1,074.9	3.5	1,989	2017	Transit
K2-324 b	445.7	2.43	6.5	3.3	434	2020	Transit
KELT-7 b	445.8	17.93	441.8	2.7	1,775	2015	Transit
TOI-5595 b	446.7	4.74	20.1	6.0	348	2026	Transit
WASP-95 b	448.6	13.79	457.7	2.2	1,297	2014	Transit
TOI-1272 b	448.7	4.26	24.1	3.3	778	2022	Transit
K2-53 b	450.2	2.60	7.3	12.2	392	2016	Transit
TOI-5344 b	451.3	10.60	130.9	3.8	416	2023	Transit
TOI-1221 b	451.4	2.91	1,112.4	91.7	167	2023	Transit
K2-265 b	452.3	1.71	7.3	2.4	1,093	2018	Transit
TOI-6330 b	453.5	10.89	3,179.0	6.9	222	2025	Transit
K2-33 b	454.2	5.04	1,176.0	5.4	577	2016	Transit
TOI-1408 b	454.9	25.00	593.0	4.4	1,020	2023	Transit
TOI-1249 b	455.0	3.27	11.9	13.1	454	2024	Transit
HD 28109 c	455.3	4.13	9.2	56.0	370	2022	Transit
HD 28109 b	455.3	2.69	6.2	22.9	594	2022	Transit
HD 28109 d	455.3	3.11	5.8	84.3	288	2022	Transit
HATS-71 b	457.4	11.48	117.6	3.8	314	2020	Transit
K2-124 b	457.9	2.90	8.8	6.4	169	2017	Transit
WASP-10 b	459.9	12.11	1,001.1	3.1	1,097	2008	Transit
K2-77 b	462.3	2.50	603.9	8.2	533	2016	Transit
TOI-677 b	462.5	13.11	392.2	11.2	979	2020	Transit
HAT-P-26 b	462.6	7.06	22.2	4.2	807	2010	Transit
WASP-85 A b	462.8	13.90	402.1	2.7	1,179	2016	Transit
Kepler-1314 b	463.1	5.11	22.9	5.4	352	2016	Transit
TOI-837 b	464.7	9.17	120.5	8.3	722	2020	Transit
HAT-P-12 b	465.6	10.75	67.1	3.2	690	2009	Transit
TOI-669 b	466.0	2.59	10.0	3.9	852	2023	Transit
K2-153 b	466.8	2.00	4.7	7.5	224	2018	Transit
TOI-1230.01	466.9	2.39	6.3	25.1	773	2021	Transit
TOI-4492 b	467.0	11.78	1,881.5	4.4	934	2026	Transit
HAT-P-54 b	468.5	10.58	241.6	3.8	545	2015	Transit
TOI-7265 B b	469.6	10.70	224.9	4.2	298	2026	Transit
Kepler-68 c	470.2	0.98	1.3	9.6	779	2013	Transit
Kepler-68 b	470.2	2.36	8.0	5.4	1,002	2013	Transit
K2-370 b	470.3	2.67	11.1	2.1	994	2022	Transit
TOI-2040 b	472.0	10.32	248.2	3.9	797	2026	Transit
TOI-7155 b	472.1	2.41	6.4	3.9	641	2026	Transit
K2-381 c	475.2	2.00	4.7	16.0	—	2022	Transit
K2-381 d	475.2	1.69	3.5	26.8	—	2022	Transit
K2-381 b	475.2	1.07	1.3	7.9	—	2022	Transit
TOI-1386 b	479.0	6.22	45.8	25.8	342	2024	Transit
K2-251 b	479.5	2.35	6.1	9.3	164	2018	Transit
TOI-1347 c	481.0	1.60	6.4	4.8	727	2024	Transit
TOI-1347 b	481.0	1.80	11.1	0.8	1,127	2024	Transit
Kepler-410 A b	481.2	2.84	8.4	17.8	593	2013	Transit
K2-318 b	482.3	1.66	3.4	7.0	183	2020	Transit
TOI-530 b	485.2	9.30	127.1	6.4	292	2021	Transit
TOI-1431 b	485.7	16.70	991.6	2.7	2,097	2021	Transit
TOI-2447 b	485.9	9.61	124.9	69.3	141	2024	Transit
TIC 34085383 b	486.4	3.92	14.6	3.5	—	2026	Transit
WASP-74 b	486.7	15.24	228.8	2.1	1,592	2015	Transit
TOI-1775 b	486.7	8.05	96.0	10.2	435	2024	Transit
K2-241 b	487.5	2.55	7.0	26.8	234	2018	Transit
TOI-1194 b	488.1	8.72	120.0	2.3	991	2023	Transit
WASP-91 b	489.0	11.55	425.9	2.8	887	2017	Transit
EPIC 228836835 b	489.6	1.10	1.4	0.7	659	2021	Transit
K2-156 b	489.9	1.10	1.4	0.8	1,074	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.