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
Kepler-1901 b	3,354.1	1.47	2.8	3.5	859	2021	Transit
Kepler-1826 b	1,099.0	1.48	2.8	1.6	533	2021	Transit
Kepler-93 b	312.8	1.48	4.7	4.7	860	2014	Transit
Kepler-218 b	2,140.8	1.48	2.8	3.6	883	2014	Transit
Kepler-1275 b	3,763.8	1.48	2.8	3.7	1,095	2016	Transit
Kepler-1050 c	1,599.8	1.48	2.8	21.1	662	2016	Transit
Kepler-1271 b	2,713.6	1.48	2.8	3.0	1,211	2016	Transit
Kepler-123 c	3,332.2	1.48	2.8	26.7	433	2014	Transit
Kepler-97 b	1,307.6	1.48	3.5	2.6	1,055	2014	Transit
Kepler-760 c	2,584.3	1.48	2.8	2.5	866	2016	Transit
Kepler-99 b	679.6	1.48	6.2	4.6	537	2014	Transit
EPIC 212297394 b	1,364.6	1.48	2.8	2.3	876	2019	Transit
Kepler-975 b	1,389.7	1.48	2.8	2.0	1,326	2016	Transit
Kepler-208 e	2,528.8	1.48	2.8	16.3	607	2014	Transit
K2-83 c	409.4	1.48	2.8	10.0	187	2016	Transit
Kepler-1882 b	1,446.1	1.49	2.8	13.8	621	2021	Transit
Kepler-1073 d	2,641.5	1.49	2.8	2.5	1,096	2021	Transit
Kepler-1841 b	2,060.3	1.49	2.8	25.9	269	2021	Transit
Kepler-1063 b	1,119.5	1.49	2.8	14.1	658	2016	Transit
K2-268 d	1,069.1	1.49	2.8	4.5	615	2021	Transit
Kepler-1582 b	257.3	1.49	2.8	4.8	81	2016	Transit
Kepler-898 b	1,581.5	1.49	2.8	5.9	343	2016	Transit
Kepler-174 c	1,254.9	1.49	2.8	44.0	104	2014	Transit
Kepler-1492 b	1,081.4	1.49	2.8	16.8	528	2016	Transit
Kepler-400 c	2,759.2	1.49	2.8	17.3	482	2014	Transit
Kepler-1614 b	3,885.1	1.49	2.8	3.9	708	2016	Transit
K2-151 b	226.6	1.49	2.8	3.8	293	2018	Transit
Kepler-1256 b	2,906.7	1.49	2.8	12.4	660	2016	Transit
K2-176 b	806.6	1.49	2.8	5.3	—	2018	Transit
TOI-1807 b	138.9	1.50	2.4	0.5	1,421	2021	Transit
Kepler-36 b	1,722.0	1.50	3.8	13.9	705	2012	Transit
Kepler-32 e	1,056.2	1.50	4.1	2.9	379	2012	Transit
Kepler-915 b	2,769.2	1.50	2.9	4.6	1,046	2016	Transit
Kepler-154 f	2,985.0	1.50	2.9	9.9	565	2016	Transit
Kepler-1005 b	1,851.9	1.50	2.9	6.5	753	2016	Transit
Kepler-180 b	2,268.9	1.50	2.9	13.8	508	2014	Transit
Kepler-154 e	2,985.0	1.50	2.9	3.9	867	2016	Transit
EPIC 201427007 b	2,303.9	1.50	2.9	0.7	—	2021	Transit
K2-268 b	1,069.1	1.50	2.9	2.2	863	2018	Transit
Kepler-273 b	2,328.6	1.50	2.9	2.9	936	2014	Transit
Kepler-246 c	2,042.0	1.50	2.9	11.2	394	2014	Transit
Kepler-446 b	314.2	1.50	2.9	1.6	375	2015	Transit
Kepler-207 c	2,855.6	1.50	2.9	3.1	1,283	2014	Transit
Kepler-598 b	2,221.4	1.50	2.9	3.7	777	2016	Transit
Kepler-1968 b	2,449.2	1.50	2.9	7.3	471	2021	Transit
Kepler-394 d	3,453.1	1.50	2.9	5.6	892	2021	Transit
TOI-2345 b	266.3	1.50	3.5	1.1	1,205	2025	Transit
Kepler-1194 b	2,470.2	1.51	2.9	16.2	403	2016	Transit
Kepler-205 b	520.9	1.51	2.9	2.8	484	2014	Transit
Kepler-138 c	218.1	1.51	2.3	13.8	137	2014	Transit
Kepler-1191 b	3,116.5	1.51	2.9	5.6	679	2016	Transit
K2-141 b	201.8	1.51	5.0	0.3	1,830	2018	Transit
Kepler-1324 b	1,571.0	1.51	2.9	4.1	622	2016	Transit
Kepler-389 b	2,663.3	1.51	2.9	3.2	774	2014	Transit
K2-138 b	660.7	1.51	3.1	2.4	884	2017	Transit
Kepler-138 d	218.1	1.51	2.1	23.1	72	2014	Transit
Kepler-1209 b	1,648.8	1.51	2.9	25.4	482	2016	Transit
Kepler-828 b	1,876.4	1.51	2.9	0.6	1,575	2016	Transit
Kepler-1491 b	6,737.0	1.51	2.9	16.6	548	2016	Transit
Kepler-194 b	3,581.1	1.51	2.9	2.1	1,375	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.