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-487 d	2,845.2	2.78	8.1	2.4	953	2021	Transit
Kepler-495 c	2,149.1	1.22	2.0	5.9	727	2021	Transit
Kepler-501 c	3,670.0	1.68	3.5	3.6	1,031	2021	Transit
Kepler-511 c	2,126.5	4.21	16.5	26.6	469	2021	Transit
Kepler-529 d	2,606.0	2.80	8.2	35.9	360	2021	Transit
Kepler-534 c	1,861.2	1.23	2.0	7.4	660	2021	Transit
Kepler-589 c	1,998.7	1.12	1.4	3.5	825	2021	Transit
Kepler-607 c	1,693.1	2.76	8.1	39.7	200	2021	Transit
Kepler-616 d	3,084.7	2.65	7.5	51.1	226	2021	Transit
Kepler-633 c	2,219.6	2.30	5.9	23.8	452	2021	Transit
Kepler-799 c	4,922.0	2.78	8.2	15.2	620	2021	Transit
Kepler-913 c	3,234.2	3.86	14.2	5.9	1,084	2021	Transit
LHS 1478 b	59.5	1.17	2.3	1.9	324	2021	Transit
LHS 1678 b	64.8	0.69	0.3	0.9	557	2021	Transit
LHS 1678 c	64.8	0.94	1.4	3.7	238	2021	Transit
NGTS-13 b	2,112.2	12.80	1,538.3	4.1	1,332	2021	Transit
NGTS-14 A b	1,050.7	4.98	29.2	3.5	870	2021	Transit
NGTS-15 b	2,565.2	12.33	238.7	3.3	873	2021	Transit
NGTS-16 b	2,929.4	14.57	212.0	4.8	904	2021	Transit
NGTS-17 b	3,392.9	13.90	242.8	3.2	1,184	2021	Transit
NGTS-18 b	3,575.3	13.56	130.0	3.1	1,108	2021	Transit
TIC 172900988 b	818.5	11.25	942.0	200.5	88	2021	Transit
TIC 257060897 b	1,649.4	17.26	201.5	3.7	1,502	2021	Transit
TOI-1054.01	288.4	2.43	6.5	15.5	580	2021	Transit
TOI-1062 b	268.0	2.27	10.2	4.1	804	2021	Transit
TOI-1201 b	123.6	2.42	6.3	2.5	430	2021	Transit
TOI-1203.01	212.0	2.92	7.4	25.5	470	2021	Transit
TOI-1230.01	466.9	2.39	6.3	25.1	773	2021	Transit
TOI-1231 b	90.1	3.65	15.4	24.2	56	2021	Transit
TOI-1233.01	210.7	2.54	7.0	14.2	435	2021	Transit
TOI-1259 A b	385.2	11.60	141.0	3.5	690	2021	Transit
TOI-1260 b	240.0	2.41	8.6	3.1	598	2021	Transit
TOI-1260 c	240.0	2.76	13.2	7.5	378	2021	Transit
TOI-1278 b	246.5	12.22	5,879.8	14.5	135	2021	Transit
TOI-1296 b	1,054.3	14.12	95.3	3.9	1,142	2021	Transit
TOI-1298 b	1,040.6	9.66	99.0	4.5	1,005	2021	Transit
TOI-1333 b	653.9	15.65	753.3	4.7	1,406	2021	Transit
TOI-1431 b	485.7	16.70	991.6	2.7	2,097	2021	Transit
TOI-1444 b	409.2	1.42	3.6	0.5	1,857	2021	Transit
TOI-1478 b	498.7	11.99	279.7	10.2	645	2021	Transit
TOI-1518 b	736.7	21.05	581.6	1.9	2,273	2021	Transit
TOI-1601 b	1,097.9	14.20	387.0	5.3	1,221	2021	Transit
TOI-1634 b	115.0	1.76	4.9	1.0	627	2021	Transit
TOI-1685 b	122.7	1.42	3.1	0.7	727	2021	Transit
TOI-1749 b	324.7	1.39	57.0	2.4	558	2021	Transit
TOI-1749 c	324.7	2.12	14.0	4.5	400	2021	Transit
TOI-1749 d	324.7	2.52	15.0	9.0	260	2021	Transit
TOI-1774.01	176.0	2.78	8.5	16.7	551	2021	Transit
TOI-178 b	204.5	1.20	1.0	1.9	767	2021	Transit
TOI-178 c	204.5	1.75	4.6	3.2	600	2021	Transit
TOI-178 d	204.5	2.69	5.2	6.6	417	2021	Transit
TOI-178 e	204.5	2.30	3.5	10.0	327	2021	Transit
TOI-178 f	204.5	2.42	5.6	15.2	248	2021	Transit
TOI-178 g	204.5	2.94	4.4	20.7	197	2021	Transit
TOI-1789 b	747.1	16.14	222.5	3.2	1,654	2021	Transit
TOI-1807 b	138.9	1.50	2.4	0.5	1,421	2021	Transit
TOI-1842 b	728.8	12.35	89.4	9.6	926	2021	Transit
TOI-201 b	371.2	11.40	164.0	53.0	486	2021	Transit
TOI-2076 b	136.7	2.59	6.7	10.4	463	2021	Transit
TOI-2076 c	136.7	3.54	7.2	21.0	308	2021	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.