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
K2-408 b	529.4	1.68	3.5	21.0	—	2022	Transit
K2-409 b	1,405.8	2.48	6.7	1.9	—	2022	Transit
K2-411 b	972.7	0.99	0.9	3.2	1,155	2022	Transit
K2-412 b	2,133.3	2.12	5.1	5.9	827	2022	Transit
K2-413 b	930.1	0.76	0.4	0.8	1,262	2022	Transit
K2-413 c	930.1	1.23	2.0	5.3	531	2022	Transit
K2-414 b	848.1	1.22	2.0	4.4	539	2022	Transit
K2-414 c	848.1	1.93	4.4	6.7	489	2022	Transit
KOI-4777.01	561.8	0.51	99.2	0.4	907	2022	Transit
KOI-7368 b	864.3	2.22	5.6	6.8	532	2022	Transit
KOI-7913 b	884.8	2.34	6.1	24.3	159	2022	Transit
KOI-984 b	824.1	4.30	17.1	4.3	749	2022	Transit
Kepler-1972 b	937.2	0.80	2.0	7.5	811	2022	Transit
Kepler-1972 c	937.2	0.87	2.1	11.3	942	2022	Transit
LP 890-9 b	105.8	1.32	13.2	2.7	123	2022	Transit
LP 890-9 c	105.8	1.37	25.3	8.5	-1	2022	Transit
LTT 1445 A c	22.4	1.15	1.5	3.1	235	2022	Transit
NGTS-20 b	1,248.8	11.99	947.1	54.2	415	2022	Transit
NGTS-21 b	1,933.7	14.91	750.1	1.5	1,084	2022	Transit
NGTS-23 b	3,506.0	14.20	194.8	4.1	1,054	2022	Transit
NGTS-24 b	2,227.8	13.61	165.3	3.5	1,226	2022	Transit
NGTS-25 b	1,700.0	11.47	203.1	2.8	828	2022	Transit
TOI-1064 b	222.0	2.59	13.5	6.4	511	2022	Transit
TOI-1064 c	222.0	2.65	2.5	12.2	361	2022	Transit
TOI-1075 b	200.5	1.79	9.9	0.6	1,050	2022	Transit
TOI-1107 b	917.5	14.57	1,064.7	4.1	1,455	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 b	275.7	1.90	3.5	4.2	943	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 c	275.7	2.88	6.3	6.3	789	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 d	275.7	4.63	8.3	12.5	570	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 e	275.7	2.64	6.1	18.8	464	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 f	275.7	3.74	9.7	26.3	385	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 g	275.7	2.53	5.6	39.5	301	2022	Transit
TOI-1181 b	987.7	17.03	374.7	2.1	1,669	2022	Transit
TOI-1227 b	328.2	9.57	66.5	27.4	-29	2022	Transit
TOI-1238 b	230.6	1.21	3.8	0.8	860	2022	Transit
TOI-1238 c	230.6	2.11	8.3	3.3	422	2022	Transit
TOI-1246 b	552.6	3.01	8.1	4.3	682	2022	Transit
TOI-1246 c	552.6	2.45	9.1	5.9	589	2022	Transit
TOI-1246 d	552.6	3.43	5.4	18.7	315	2022	Transit
TOI-1246 e	552.6	3.51	14.5	37.9	191	2022	Transit
TOI-1260 d	240.0	3.12	11.8	16.6	226	2022	Transit
TOI-1268 b	357.3	9.10	96.4	8.2	646	2022	Transit
TOI-1272 b	448.7	4.26	24.1	3.3	778	2022	Transit
TOI-1288 b	374.6	4.97	44.1	2.7	930	2022	Transit
TOI-1411 b	105.9	1.20	2.0	1.5	703	2022	Transit
TOI-1422 b	506.0	3.83	9.5	13.0	597	2022	Transit
TOI-1442 b	134.3	1.17	1.7	0.4	799	2022	Transit
TOI-1452 b	99.5	1.67	4.8	11.1	53	2022	Transit
TOI-1468 b	80.7	1.40	3.0	1.9	410	2022	Transit
TOI-1468 c	80.7	2.13	4.1	15.5	65	2022	Transit
TOI-1516 b	805.8	15.24	1,004.3	2.1	1,566	2022	Transit
TOI-1670 b	548.2	2.06	41.3	11.0	789	2022	Transit
TOI-1670 c	548.2	11.06	200.2	40.7	411	2022	Transit
TOI-1693 b	100.4	1.41	2.6	1.8	491	2022	Transit
TOI-1695 b	147.2	1.90	6.4	3.1	425	2022	Transit
TOI-1696 b	211.7	3.09	48.8	2.5	216	2022	Transit
TOI-1710 b	264.9	5.06	19.1	24.3	330	2022	Transit
TOI-1759 b	130.7	3.14	10.8	18.9	170	2022	Transit
TOI-1820 b	810.5	12.78	731.0	4.9	1,102	2022	Transit
TOI-1860 b	149.6	1.31	2.3	1.1	1,612	2022	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.