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-2076 d	136.7	3.27	7.3	35.1	217	2021	Transit
TOI-2109 b	854.7	15.10	1,595.5	0.7	3,373	2021	Transit
TOI-220 b	296.0	3.03	13.8	10.7	532	2021	Transit
TOI-2202 b	769.5	10.95	287.3	11.9	379	2021	Transit
TOI-2257 b	188.5	2.19	5.5	35.2	-17	2021	Transit
TOI-2285 b	138.3	1.77	19.5	13.6	85	2021	Transit
TOI-2406 b	180.8	2.86	15.6	3.1	176	2021	Transit
TOI-251 b	324.6	2.74	317.8	4.9	768	2021	Transit
TOI-257 b	250.8	7.16	43.9	18.4	754	2021	Transit
TOI-261.01	373.4	3.04	9.5	3.4	1,449	2021	Transit
TOI-261.02	373.4	3.35	11.2	13.0	734	2021	Transit
TOI-269 b	186.0	2.77	8.8	3.7	258	2021	Transit
TOI-3362 b	1,197.0	12.80	1,598.4	18.1	415	2021	Transit
TOI-431 b	106.2	1.28	3.1	0.5	1,589	2021	Transit
TOI-431 d	106.2	3.29	9.9	12.5	360	2021	Transit
TOI-469.01	222.4	3.41	9.1	13.6	443	2021	Transit
TOI-519 b	376.9	11.55	147.2	1.3	414	2021	Transit
TOI-530 b	485.2	9.30	127.1	6.4	292	2021	Transit
TOI-532 b	440.5	5.82	61.5	2.3	594	2021	Transit
TOI-558 b	1,313.2	12.17	1,147.4	14.6	788	2021	Transit
TOI-559 b	760.8	12.23	1,910.1	7.0	907	2021	Transit
TOI-628 b	582.8	11.88	2,011.9	3.4	1,313	2021	Transit
TOI-640 b	1,115.4	19.28	181.2	5.0	1,543	2021	Transit
TOI-674 b	150.3	5.25	23.6	2.0	362	2021	Transit
TOI-682.01	271.2	3.74	13.5	6.8	817	2021	Transit
TOI-836.01	89.7	2.59	9.6	8.6	392	2021	Transit
WASP-110 b	896.8	13.19	154.8	3.8	885	2021	Transit
AU Mic b	31.7	4.79	9.0	8.5	282	2020	Transit
CoRoT-30 b	3,366.7	11.31	921.7	9.1	621	2020	Transit
CoRoT-31 b	6,541.9	16.37	267.0	4.6	1,392	2020	Transit
EPIC 201170410.02	437.0	1.05	1.1	6.8	227	2020	Transit
EPIC 201757695.02	1,883.9	0.91	0.7	2.0	752	2020	Transit
EPIC 249893012 b	1,047.9	1.95	8.8	3.6	1,343	2020	Transit
EPIC 249893012 c	1,047.9	3.67	14.7	15.6	717	2020	Transit
EPIC 249893012 d	1,047.9	3.94	10.2	35.7	479	2020	Transit
GJ 1252 b	66.4	1.19	1.3	0.5	817	2020	Transit
GJ 3473 b	89.3	1.26	1.9	1.2	500	2020	Transit
HAT-P-68 b	659.3	12.02	230.1	2.3	755	2020	Transit
HATS-37 A b	691.1	6.79	31.5	4.3	812	2020	Transit
HATS-38 b	1,120.4	6.88	23.5	4.4	1,021	2020	Transit
HATS-47 b	980.7	12.52	117.3	3.9	580	2020	Transit
HATS-48 A b	859.8	8.97	77.2	3.1	681	2020	Transit
HATS-49 b	1,058.1	8.57	112.2	4.1	562	2020	Transit
HATS-71 b	457.4	11.48	117.6	3.8	314	2020	Transit
HATS-72 b	416.1	8.10	39.9	7.3	466	2020	Transit
HD 108236 b	210.7	1.61	3.2	3.8	826	2020	Transit
HD 108236 c	210.7	2.07	4.9	6.2	659	2020	Transit
HD 108236 e	210.7	3.08	9.7	19.6	363	2020	Transit
HD 191939 b	174.8	3.41	10.0	8.9	607	2020	Transit
HD 191939 c	174.8	3.19	8.0	28.6	327	2020	Transit
HD 191939 d	174.8	3.00	2.8	38.4	267	2020	Transit
HD 332231 b	263.1	9.07	74.1	18.7	525	2020	Transit
HD 63433 b	73.1	2.14	21.8	7.1	694	2020	Transit
HD 63433 c	73.1	2.69	15.5	20.5	406	2020	Transit
HD 80653 b	358.3	1.62	5.6	0.7	2,165	2020	Transit
HD 86226 c	149.0	2.16	7.2	4.0	1,038	2020	Transit
HIP 65 A b	201.5	22.75	1,021.2	1.0	1,138	2020	Transit
HIP 67522 b	415.1	9.99	71.4	7.0	902	2020	Transit
K2-315 b	185.8	0.95	0.8	3.1	187	2020	Transit
K2-316 b	366.9	1.33	2.3	1.1	568	2020	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.