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
K2-190 c	524.1	1.09	1.3	21.6	—	2018	Transit
K2-190 b	524.1	1.36	2.4	10.1	—	2018	Transit
TOI-2518 b	524.5	2.27	5.8	6.9	822	2026	Transit
EPIC 206032309 b	526.3	1.01	1.0	2.9	—	2019	Transit
HAT-P-18 b	526.4	10.70	55.5	5.5	568	2010	Transit
HD 202772 A b	526.7	18.24	323.5	3.3	1,908	2019	Transit
K2-123 b	526.9	2.76	8.1	31.0	65	2017	Transit
K2-376 b	527.1	1.74	3.7	5.8	—	2022	Transit
TOI-778 b	527.5	15.40	878.0	4.6	1,288	2023	Transit
WASP-14 b	528.4	15.47	2,809.6	2.2	1,599	2008	Transit
Kepler-1512 b	528.4	1.18	1.8	20.4	49	2016	Transit
Kepler-1049 b	528.4	0.95	0.8	3.3	352	2016	Transit
TOI-5293 A b	529.1	11.90	170.4	2.9	402	2023	Transit
TIC 161045582 b	529.2	2.25	5.7	8.9	—	2026	Transit
WASP-7 b	529.4	14.91	305.1	5.0	1,214	2008	Transit
K2-408 b	529.4	1.68	3.5	21.0	—	2022	Transit
K2-345 b	529.7	2.11	5.1	10.4	164	2021	Transit
TOI-1750 b	529.9	2.79	8.2	11.3	340	2026	Transit
K2-263 b	529.9	2.51	15.4	50.8	209	2018	Transit
TOI-5300 b	530.0	9.86	190.7	2.3	770	2025	Transit
WASP-41 b	532.8	12.33	270.2	3.1	971	2011	Transit
XO-1 b	533.4	12.78	263.8	3.9	937	2006	Transit
TOI-132 b	533.8	3.42	22.4	2.1	1,122	2020	Transit
TOI-2969 b	534.9	12.33	368.7	1.8	913	2025	Transit
TOI-1853 b	538.5	3.46	73.2	1.2	1,206	2023	Transit
TOI-5678 b	539.4	4.91	20.0	47.7	240	2023	Transit
TOI-2227 b	539.6	3.10	9.8	4.2	1,267	2026	Transit
TIC 38825265 b	540.2	2.19	5.4	3.3	—	2026	Transit
K2-203 b	541.9	1.27	2.1	9.7	465	2018	Transit
K2-343 b	542.0	1.65	3.4	2.8	380	2021	Transit
K2-343 c	542.0	2.02	4.7	7.7	192	2021	Transit
Kepler-296 c	544.7	2.00	4.7	5.8	333	2014	Transit
Kepler-296 b	544.7	1.61	3.2	10.9	222	2014	Transit
Kepler-296 d	544.7	2.09	5.0	19.9	130	2014	Transit
Kepler-296 f	544.7	1.80	3.9	63.3	1	2014	Transit
Kepler-296 e	544.7	1.53	3.0	34.1	64	2014	Transit
HD 715 b	545.5	11.99	201.8	56.4	525	2026	Transit
TOI-1117 b	546.6	2.46	8.9	2.2	1,265	2025	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-4638.01	548.8	2.93	8.9	10.3	507	2024	Transit
K2-68 b	550.1	1.58	3.1	8.1	433	2016	Transit
TOI-1248 b	550.3	6.81	27.4	4.4	679	2024	Transit
TIC 142589416 b	551.0	2.68	7.7	2.1	—	2026	Transit
WASP-105 b	552.1	10.76	572.1	7.9	627	2017	Transit
HATS-6 b	552.2	11.19	101.4	3.3	440	2015	Transit
K2-121 b	552.5	7.16	51.0	5.2	443	2017	Transit
TOI-1246 c	552.6	2.45	9.1	5.9	589	2022	Transit
TOI-1246 e	552.6	3.51	14.5	37.9	191	2022	Transit
TOI-1246 d	552.6	3.43	5.4	18.7	315	2022	Transit
TOI-1246 b	552.6	3.01	8.1	4.3	682	2022	Transit
Kepler-1731 b	554.3	2.93	8.9	21.8	213	2021	Transit
TOI-5811 B b	554.9	21.97	257.4	6.3	1,257	2026	Transit
K2-24 c	556.3	7.93	16.4	42.3	318	2016	Transit
K2-24 b	556.3	5.64	20.6	20.9	459	2016	Transit
MASCARA-4 b	556.7	16.98	532.4	2.8	1,977	2020	Transit
K2-159 b	557.7	2.26	5.7	12.4	411	2018	Transit
Kepler-220 d	558.1	0.98	0.9	28.1	128	2014	Transit
Kepler-220 b	558.1	0.81	0.5	4.2	486	2014	Transit
Kepler-220 e	558.1	1.33	2.3	45.9	68	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.