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-1226 b	841.3	2.41	6.4	3.9	850	2026	Transit
TOI-1232 b	1,071.8	10.93	220.6	14.3	513	2026	Transit
TOI-1243 b	140.9	2.33	7.7	4.7	177	2026	Transit
TOI-1269 c	561.4	2.23	5.6	9.2	484	2026	Transit
TOI-1291 b	1,396.3	5.64	27.1	7.2	1,376	2026	Transit
TOI-1466 b	282.4	2.47	6.7	1.9	728	2026	Transit
TOI-1533 b	326.3	2.89	28.1	3.6	738	2026	Transit
TOI-1533 c	326.3	7.50	36.6	8.1	355	2026	Transit
TOI-159 b	1,133.7	18.18	1,110.0	3.8	1,618	2026	Transit
TOI-1718 b	170.6	4.11	15.8	5.6	675	2026	Transit
TOI-1722 b	444.9	4.38	17.6	9.6	679	2026	Transit
TOI-1732 b	243.8	2.50	6.8	4.1	385	2026	Transit
TOI-1750 b	529.9	2.79	8.2	11.3	340	2026	Transit
TOI-1752 b	336.0	1.69	3.5	0.9	763	2026	Transit
TOI-1752 c	336.0	2.29	5.9	32.7	18	2026	Transit
TOI-1756 b	282.8	1.94	4.4	2.8	423	2026	Transit
TOI-1814 b	1,182.4	5.19	23.5	6.4	705	2026	Transit
TOI-1839 b	378.6	2.27	7.1	1.4	1,312	2026	Transit
TOI-1839 c	378.6	2.50	6.0	4.0	848	2026	Transit
TOI-1873 b	593.6	2.86	8.6	7.0	650	2026	Transit
TOI-201 d	371.2	1.39	5.8	5.8	964	2026	Transit
TOI-2040 b	472.0	10.32	248.2	3.9	797	2026	Transit
TOI-2049 b	1,863.9	16.65	486.3	5.3	1,596	2026	Transit
TOI-205 b	579.8	2.50	6.8	4.3	1,526	2026	Transit
TOI-2071 b	754.4	2.56	7.1	5.7	756	2026	Transit
TOI-209 b	369.8	2.39	6.3	4.4	573	2026	Transit
TOI-2092 b	576.5	2.95	9.0	4.3	769	2026	Transit
TOI-2094 b	163.2	1.90	4.3	18.8	3	2026	Transit
TOI-2104 b	250.3	1.53	3.0	5.9	573	2026	Transit
TOI-2114 b	1,036.7	14.55	324.2	6.2	1,199	2026	Transit
TOI-2133 b	245.3	2.37	6.2	3.8	525	2026	Transit
TOI-2147 b	920.1	10.50	116.0	26.2	547	2026	Transit
TOI-2200 b	819.5	6.96	38.7	2.9	874	2026	Transit
TOI-2227 b	539.6	3.10	9.8	4.2	1,267	2026	Transit
TOI-237 c	124.2	1.21	1.9	1.7	242	2026	Transit
TOI-2431 b	117.6	1.53	6.2	0.2	1,790	2026	Transit
TOI-2453 b	267.1	3.24	10.6	4.4	278	2026	Transit
TOI-2518 b	524.5	2.27	5.8	6.9	822	2026	Transit
TOI-2578 b	931.3	19.66	167.2	3.5	1,505	2026	Transit
TOI-2654 b	812.0	7.94	48.4	3.0	546	2026	Transit
TOI-3053 b	1,101.2	13.56	270.2	3.0	1,017	2026	Transit
TOI-3278 b	2,950.9	13.90	95.3	3.2	1,288	2026	Transit
TOI-3457 b	1,208.9	10.64	797.7	32.6	551	2026	Transit
TOI-3664 b	1,515.8	13.70	114.4	3.3	959	2026	Transit
TOI-375 b	1,292.3	10.77	236.8	9.5	1,100	2026	Transit
TOI-3862 b	812.2	5.53	53.7	1.6	1,266	2026	Transit
TOI-3896 b	592.5	3.15	10.1	4.4	693	2026	Transit
TOI-4029 b	895.1	6.74	36.6	5.9	869	2026	Transit
TOI-4030 b	1,864.4	5.85	28.8	2.5	1,111	2026	Transit
TOI-4034 b	2,430.3	17.71	276.5	1.8	1,634	2026	Transit
TOI-4156 b	697.1	2.54	7.0	4.5	1,016	2026	Transit
TOI-4156 c	697.1	2.92	8.9	12.8	536	2026	Transit
TOI-426 b	370.5	2.19	6.7	1.3	1,517	2026	Transit
TOI-4311 b	440.3	1.38	4.5	1.0	1,391	2026	Transit
TOI-4311 c	440.3	2.47	13.6	15.1	398	2026	Transit
TOI-4336 A c	73.5	1.25	1.6	7.6	126	2026	Transit
TOI-4363 b	253.7	1.77	3.8	2.1	612	2026	Transit
TOI-4405 b	507.2	2.56	7.1	5.9	399	2026	Transit
TOI-4409 b	585.2	7.44	14.9	92.5	32	2026	Transit
TOI-4427 b	646.6	13.09	87.7	4.6	767	2026	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.