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-97 b	492.7	12.78	432.2	2.1	1,282	2014	Transit
Kepler-1053 b	492.9	0.98	0.9	2.4	680	2016	Transit
TOI-5160 b	494.0	2.40	6.3	4.3	743	2026	Transit
TIC 65612701 b	494.5	5.08	22.7	10.2	—	2026	Transit
TOI-6109 c	494.9	4.83	20.8	8.5	513	2025	Transit
TOI-6109 b	494.9	4.87	21.1	5.7	427	2025	Transit
Kepler-1446 b	496.0	0.82	0.5	0.7	1,266	2016	Transit
Kepler-378 b	496.1	0.75	0.3	16.1	230	2014	Transit
Kepler-378 c	496.1	0.70	0.3	28.9	141	2014	Transit
TOI-6303 b	496.5	11.59	2,493.0	9.5	268	2025	Transit
K2-131 b	497.4	1.69	7.9	0.4	1,950	2017	Transit
TOI-942 c	497.7	4.67	37.0	10.2	499	2020	Transit
TOI-942 b	497.7	3.89	826.4	4.3	847	2020	Transit
TOI-1478 b	498.7	11.99	279.7	10.2	645	2021	Transit
K2-71 b	499.6	2.15	5.3	7.0	260	2016	Transit
WASP-2 b	499.8	12.12	295.9	2.2	1,038	2007	Transit
Kepler-411 c	501.2	4.42	26.4	7.8	565	2016	Transit
Kepler-411 b	501.2	2.40	25.6	3.0	865	2013	Transit
Kepler-411 d	501.2	3.32	15.2	58.0	137	2018	Transit
K2-139 b	501.8	9.11	123.0	28.4	251	2017	Transit
XO-2 N b	503.2	11.13	199.9	2.6	1,055	2007	Transit
TOI-3486 b	504.6	10.57	99.2	2.2	917	2025	Transit
TOI-4666 b	504.7	12.53	155.4	2.9	422	2025	Transit
K2-182 b	505.0	2.71	21.0	4.7	693	2018	Transit
K2-285 c	505.4	3.53	15.7	7.1	468	2018	Transit
K2-285 e	505.4	1.95	10.7	14.8	228	2018	Transit
K2-285 d	505.4	2.48	6.5	10.5	347	2018	Transit
K2-285 b	505.4	2.59	9.7	3.5	816	2018	Transit
TOI-1422 b	506.0	3.83	9.5	13.0	597	2022	Transit
HD 137496 b	506.6	1.31	4.0	1.6	1,857	2021	Transit
TOI-4405 b	507.2	2.56	7.1	5.9	399	2026	Transit
TOI-1794 b	508.1	3.30	8.7	8.8	720	2024	Transit
Kepler-538 b	508.7	2.21	12.9	81.7	144	2016	Transit
Kepler-1712 b	509.7	2.28	5.8	13.8	118	2021	Transit
TOI-5795 b	510.5	5.62	23.7	6.1	864	2025	Transit
TOI-2449 b	511.4	11.24	222.0	106.1	127	2025	Transit
K2-338 b	511.9	1.03	1.1	3.9	510	2021	Transit
TOI-7333 b	512.8	2.09	5.0	6.3	482	2026	Transit
TOI-1768.01	514.0	3.45	11.8	7.3	1,293	2024	Transit
K2-32 b	514.3	5.30	15.0	9.0	564	2016	Transit
K2-32 e	514.3	1.21	2.1	4.3	793	2019	Transit
K2-32 c	514.3	3.13	8.1	20.7	361	2016	Transit
K2-32 d	514.3	3.48	6.7	31.7	277	2016	Transit
WASP-117 b	515.2	11.88	95.3	10.0	728	2014	Transit
K2-287 b	516.4	9.49	100.1	14.9	531	2018	Transit
TOI-799 b	517.0	2.07	4.9	5.5	686	2026	Transit
TOI-905 b	517.4	13.13	212.0	3.7	919	2020	Transit
WASP-99 b	517.5	11.43	772.3	5.8	1,207	2014	Transit
HAT-P-1 b	518.5	14.78	166.9	4.5	1,049	2006	Transit
IRAS 04125+2902 b	519.4	10.74	80.8	8.8	581	2024	Transit
EPIC 201238110 b	519.4	1.87	4.2	28.2	—	2019	Transit
WASP-127 b	520.2	14.69	52.3	4.2	1,127	2016	Transit
K2-55 b	520.3	4.43	44.0	2.8	627	2016	Transit
TrES-1 b	520.7	12.67	267.0	3.0	867	2004	Transit
Kepler-205 c	520.9	1.64	3.3	20.3	116	2014	Transit
Kepler-205 b	520.9	1.51	2.9	2.8	484	2014	Transit
CoRoT-7 b	521.5	1.68	4.1	0.9	1,483	2009	Transit
K2-330 b	522.3	2.77	8.1	13.8	696	2021	Transit
TOI-5126 c	523.2	3.86	14.2	17.9	698	2023	Transit
TOI-5126 b	523.2	4.74	20.2	5.5	1,169	2023	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.