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-270 d	73.3	2.00	4.2	11.4	110	2019	Transit
TOI-4336 A b	73.5	2.14	3.3	16.3	36	2024	Transit
TOI-4336 A c	73.5	1.25	1.6	7.6	126	2026	Transit
TOI-2267 d	73.5	1.77	3.8	2.0	149	2025	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-2134 b	73.8	2.73	9.4	9.2	387	2023	Transit
TOI-2134 c	73.8	7.35	58.3	95.9	29	2023	Transit
TOI-6008 b	75.3	1.03	4.0	0.9	434	2024	Transit
HD 207496 b	77.0	2.25	6.1	6.4	470	2023	Transit
TOI-198 b	77.4	1.36	3.2	10.2	183	2023	Transit
TOI-2443 b	78.0	2.36	4.8	15.7	246	2023	Transit
WD 1856+534 b	80.7	10.40	4,386.1	1.4	-110	2020	Transit
TOI-1468 c	80.7	2.13	4.1	15.5	65	2022	Transit
TOI-1468 b	80.7	1.40	3.0	1.9	410	2022	Transit
L 168-9 b	82.0	1.63	4.1	1.4	725	2020	Transit
TOI-771 b	82.4	1.36	2.5	2.3	270	2024	Transit
TOI-1080 b	83.4	1.20	10.7	4.0	95	2026	Transit
TOI-912 b	85.2	1.93	5.1	4.7	278	2025	Transit
LP 791-18 b	86.4	1.21	1.9	0.9	291	2019	Transit
LP 791-18 c	86.4	2.49	7.2	5.0	51	2019	Transit
LP 791-18 d	86.4	1.03	0.9	2.8	122	2023	Transit
TOI-776 b	88.6	1.80	5.0	8.2	247	2020	Transit
TOI-776 c	88.6	2.05	6.9	15.7	147	2020	Transit
TOI-4552 b	88.9	1.11	1.8	0.3	849	2026	Transit
GJ 3473 b	89.3	1.26	1.9	1.2	500	2020	Transit
TOI-836.01	89.7	2.59	9.6	8.6	392	2021	Transit
TOI-836 b	89.7	1.70	4.5	3.8	598	2023	Transit
TOI-1231 b	90.1	3.65	15.4	24.2	56	2021	Transit
K2-129 b	90.7	1.04	1.1	8.2	146	2017	Transit
TOI-5799 b	90.7	1.73	3.6	4.2	232	2024	Transit
TOI-5799 c	90.7	1.76	3.8	14.0	64	2025	Transit
G 9-40 b	91.1	1.90	4.0	5.7	167	2019	Transit
TOI-2018 b	91.3	2.27	9.2	7.4	303	2023	Transit
HD 207897 b	92.3	2.34	14.8	16.2	309	2021	Transit
TOI-4529 b	92.6	1.77	4.9	5.9	238	2026	Transit
TOI-2427 b	93.0	1.80	3.9	1.3	844	2022	Transit
Wolf 327 b	93.1	1.24	2.5	0.6	723	2024	Transit
GJ 9827 c	96.7	1.13	1.9	3.6	443	2017	Transit
GJ 9827 d	96.7	1.98	3.0	6.2	402	2017	Transit
GJ 9827 b	96.7	1.44	4.3	1.2	762	2017	Transit
LHS 1815 b	97.3	1.09	1.6	3.8	344	2020	Transit
TOI-4438 b	98.0	2.40	4.1	7.4	173	2024	Transit
TOI-1452 b	99.5	1.67	4.8	11.1	53	2022	Transit
TOI-1801 b	100.1	2.08	5.7	10.6	221	2023	Transit
TOI-1693 b	100.4	1.41	2.6	1.8	491	2022	Transit
TOI-406.01	101.3	2.08	6.6	13.2	95	2024	Transit
TOI-406 c	101.3	1.32	2.1	3.3	311	2024	Transit
K2-239 c	101.4	1.00	1.0	7.8	154	2018	Transit
K2-239 b	101.4	1.10	1.4	5.2	229	2018	Transit
K2-239 d	101.4	1.10	1.4	10.1	126	2018	Transit
TOI-700 b	101.5	0.96	0.8	10.0	144	2020	Transit
TOI-700 c	101.5	2.54	7.0	16.1	83	2020	Transit
TOI-700 d	101.5	1.15	1.6	37.4	-4	2020	Transit
TOI-700 e	101.5	0.92	0.7	27.8	-0	2023	Transit
HD 50554 c	101.7	1.31	5.3	6.0	818	2026	Transit
HD 50554 d	101.7	1.41	10.4	28.1	378	2026	Transit
TOI-6086 b	102.6	1.18	1.8	1.4	361	2024	Transit
HD 73583 b	103.0	2.79	10.2	6.4	441	2022	Transit
HD 73583 c	103.0	2.39	9.7	18.9	225	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.