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-201 b	371.2	11.40	164.0	53.0	486	2021	Transit
TOI-201 d	371.2	1.39	5.8	5.8	964	2026	Transit
TOI-2141 b	253.4	3.15	20.1	18.3	455	2023	Transit
TOI-2267 c	73.5	1.14	1.6	3.5	101	2025	Transit
TOI-2267 b	73.5	1.00	1.0	2.3	151	2025	Transit
TOI-2267 d	73.5	1.77	3.8	2.0	149	2025	Transit
TOI-270 c	73.3	2.33	6.2	5.7	216	2019	Transit
TOI-270 b	73.3	1.28	1.5	3.4	327	2019	Transit
TOI-270 d	73.3	2.00	4.2	11.4	110	2019	Transit
TOI-375 b	1,292.3	10.77	236.8	9.5	1,100	2026	Transit
TOI-431 d	106.2	3.29	9.9	12.5	360	2021	Transit
TOI-431 b	106.2	1.28	3.1	0.5	1,589	2021	Transit
TOI-4504 b	1,117.4	2.65	140.0	2.4	1,072	2024	Transit
TOI-4504 c	1,117.4	11.17	821.0	82.8	139	2024	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
TOI-469.01	222.4	3.41	9.1	13.6	443	2021	Transit
TOI-663 d	209.5	1.92	5.2	7.1	209	2024	Transit
TOI-663 c	209.5	2.26	3.6	4.7	280	2024	Transit
TOI-663 b	209.5	2.27	4.5	2.6	401	2024	Transit
TOI-712 b	191.2	2.05	4.8	9.5	377	2022	Transit
TOI-712 c	191.2	2.70	7.8	51.7	97	2022	Transit
TOI-712 d	191.2	2.47	6.7	84.8	40	2022	Transit
TOI-7510 d	812.1	10.52	190.0	48.9	269	2025	Transit
TOI-7510 b	812.1	7.31	18.1	11.5	605	2025	Transit
TOI-7510 c	812.1	10.81	131.0	22.6	429	2025	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
CoRoT-20 b	2,753.0	9.42	1,366.7	9.2	751	2011	Transit
CoRoT-24 c	1,929.4	5.00	28.0	11.8	577	2014	Transit
CoRoT-24 b	1,929.4	3.70	5.7	5.1	797	2014	Transit
EPIC 201595106 b	757.0	1.56	7.7	0.9	1,765	2021	Transit
EPIC 206042996 b	1,473.5	1.70	3.5	5.3	—	2019	Transit
EPIC 206042996 c	1,473.5	1.20	1.9	0.4	—	2021	Transit
EPIC 206317286 b	1,025.3	0.96	0.8	1.6	—	2019	Transit
EPIC 206317286 c	1,025.3	2.09	5.0	17.5	—	2022	Transit
EPIC 212297394 c	1,364.6	2.27	5.8	5.2	593	2021	Transit
EPIC 212297394 b	1,364.6	1.48	2.8	2.3	876	2019	Transit
EPIC 212587672 b	1,043.9	1.26	2.1	15.3	483	2019	Transit
EPIC 212587672 c	1,043.9	2.32	6.0	23.2	385	2021	Transit
EPIC 212624936 c	1,832.8	2.30	5.9	11.8	—	2021	Transit
EPIC 212624936 b	1,832.8	1.20	1.9	0.6	—	2021	Transit
EPIC 212737443 c	1,096.7	2.69	7.7	65.5	43	2019	Transit
EPIC 212737443 b	1,096.7	2.59	7.2	13.6	263	2019	Transit
EPIC 220674823 b	797.7	1.61	7.5	0.6	2,051	2016	Transit
EPIC 220674823 c	797.7	2.71	7.9	13.3	565	2016	Transit
GJ 1132 b	41.1	1.19	1.8	1.6	311	2015	Transit
GJ 143 b	53.2	2.61	22.7	35.6	149	2019	Transit
HD 21749 c	53.2	0.89	3.7	7.8	428	2019	Transit
GJ 3090 b	73.3	2.18	4.5	2.9	450	2022	Transit
GJ 3473 b	89.3	1.26	1.9	1.2	500	2020	Transit
GJ 3929 b	51.6	1.09	1.8	2.6	295	2022	Transit
GJ 806 b	39.3	1.33	1.9	0.9	667	2023	Transit
HAT-P-11 b	123.2	4.36	25.0	4.9	565	2010	Transit
HAT-P-13 b	805.0	14.26	270.5	2.9	1,467	2009	Transit
HAT-P-17 b	301.3	11.77	184.3	10.3	527	2012	Transit
HAT-P-2 b	416.7	10.66	2,866.8	5.6	1,267	2007	Transit
HAT-P-44 b	1,134.5	13.92	111.9	4.3	835	2014	Transit
HATS-59 b	2,096.8	12.62	256.2	5.4	855	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.