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
K2-274 b	744.7	2.08	5.0	14.1	382	2018	Transit
Kepler-506 b	745.1	2.73	7.9	6.9	807	2016	Transit
K2-173 b	745.7	1.61	3.2	5.9	—	2018	Transit
Kepler-131 b	745.8	2.41	16.1	16.1	445	2014	Transit
Kepler-131 c	745.8	0.84	8.2	25.5	342	2014	Transit
K2-252 b	746.4	1.74	3.7	13.8	366	2018	Transit
TOI-1789 b	747.1	16.14	222.5	3.2	1,654	2021	Transit
HATS-22 b	748.6	10.68	870.9	4.7	585	2017	Transit
K2-373 b	748.7	2.06	4.9	11.0	—	2022	Transit
TOI-1439 b	751.2	4.24	38.5	27.6	475	2024	Transit
Kepler-454 b	753.0	2.37	5.4	10.6	643	2015	Transit
WASP-3 b	753.9	15.92	772.3	1.8	1,747	2007	Transit
TOI-2071 b	754.4	2.56	7.1	5.7	756	2026	Transit
TrES-3 b	754.5	14.97	607.0	1.3	1,365	2007	Transit
TOI-2328 b	756.0	9.98	50.9	17.1	569	2025	Transit
K2-4 b	756.1	2.10	5.1	10.0	290	2015	Transit
EPIC 201595106 b	757.0	1.56	7.7	0.9	1,765	2021	Transit
Kepler-210 c	759.1	3.62	12.8	8.0	224	2014	Transit
Kepler-210 b	759.1	2.94	9.0	2.5	464	2014	Transit
K2-295 b	759.3	10.05	106.5	4.0	579	2018	Transit
K2-70 b	759.8	2.89	8.7	14.0	511	2016	Transit
WASP-173 A b	759.9	13.45	1,172.8	1.4	1,607	2018	Transit
HAT-P-60 b	760.7	18.28	182.4	4.8	1,499	2021	Transit
K2-329 b	760.7	8.68	82.6	12.5	377	2020	Transit
TOI-559 b	760.8	12.23	1,910.1	7.0	907	2021	Transit
K2-220 b	761.6	2.37	6.2	13.7	488	2018	Transit
XO-7 b	763.7	15.39	225.3	2.9	1,470	2019	Transit
XO-6 b	768.0	23.20	1,398.5	3.8	1,304	2016	Transit
TIC 445839811 b	768.6	2.48	6.7	11.1	—	2026	Transit
K2-169 b	769.3	1.27	2.2	6.4	—	2018	Transit
TOI-2202 b	769.5	10.95	287.3	11.9	379	2021	Transit
TOI-2107 b	772.0	13.57	263.8	2.5	1,124	2024	Transit
Kepler-126 b	774.3	1.52	4.1	10.5	736	2014	Transit
Kepler-126 d	774.3	2.50	54.6	100.3	202	2014	Transit
Kepler-126 c	774.3	1.58	1.3	21.9	517	2014	Transit
NGTS-30 b	777.5	10.40	305.1	98.3	227	2024	Transit
TOI-954 b	778.8	9.55	55.3	3.7	1,253	2020	Transit
K2-336 b	780.5	1.22	2.0	21.2	296	2021	Transit
HATS-7 b	785.1	6.31	38.1	3.2	811	2015	Transit
KELT-6 b	785.1	14.57	165.3	7.8	1,040	2014	Transit
TOI-4155 b	785.2	3.21	10.4	3.3	982	2025	Transit
TIC 349520724 b	786.4	2.83	8.4	7.9	—	2026	Transit
Kepler-449 c	789.1	2.76	8.1	33.7	388	2015	Transit
Kepler-449 b	789.1	2.06	4.9	12.6	644	2015	Transit
Kepler-327 b	789.3	1.11	1.4	2.5	409	2014	Transit
Kepler-327 c	789.3	1.03	20.3	5.2	264	2014	Transit
Kepler-327 d	789.3	1.73	3.6	14.0	114	2014	Transit
Kepler-1994 b	789.3	0.51	0.1	4.6	759	2023	Transit
K2-189 b	789.7	1.40	2.5	2.6	930	2018	Transit
K2-189 c	789.7	2.31	6.0	6.7	604	2018	Transit
Kepler-25 c	793.4	5.22	15.2	12.7	661	2011	Transit
Kepler-25 b	793.4	2.75	8.7	6.2	912	2011	Transit
K2-22 b	795.3	2.30	445.0	0.4	1,827	2015	Transit
K2-168 b	795.6	1.86	4.1	15.9	493	2018	Transit
EPIC 205950854 c	795.6	1.31	2.3	8.1	687	2019	Transit
K2-206 b	797.3	2.80	8.2	18.3	—	2018	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
TIC 86380416 b	798.0	2.41	6.4	6.0	—	2026	Transit
Kepler-1540 b	799.0	2.49	6.8	125.4	-7	2016	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.