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-1088 b	915.3	1.42	2.6	23.1	394	2016	Transit
TOI-1107 b	917.5	14.57	1,064.7	4.1	1,455	2022	Transit
Qatar-8 b	918.1	14.40	117.9	3.7	1,184	2019	Transit
WASP-98 b	918.9	12.82	293.0	3.0	898	2014	Transit
WASP-15 b	920.1	15.80	171.6	3.8	1,403	2009	Transit
HAT-P-47 b	920.1	14.72	65.5	4.7	1,332	2026	Transit
TOI-2147 b	920.1	10.50	116.0	26.2	547	2026	Transit
K2-326 b	920.8	2.28	5.8	1.3	841	2020	Transit
TOI-6695 b	921.5	9.53	66.7	80.4	326	2025	Transit
Kepler-20 b	921.6	1.77	9.7	3.7	914	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 d	921.6	2.61	13.4	77.6	157	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 c	921.6	2.89	11.1	10.9	555	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 f	921.6	0.95	1.4	19.6	408	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 e	921.6	0.82	0.8	6.1	731	2011	Transit
Kepler-1008 b	921.6	1.28	2.2	12.4	354	2016	Transit
OGLE-TR-56 b	922.5	15.28	441.8	1.2	1,939	2002	Transit
Kepler-779 b	923.5	0.92	0.7	7.1	152	2016	Transit
EPIC 212499991 b	924.0	1.60	3.2	34.9	—	2019	Transit
Kepler-505 b	924.4	2.60	7.3	27.5	41	2016	Transit
HATS-1 b	926.2	14.59	589.5	3.4	1,086	2012	Transit
TOI-329 b	927.5	4.94	40.4	5.7	940	2024	Transit
Kepler-622 b	928.8	2.13	5.2	14.3	173	2016	Transit
K2-84 b	929.1	2.41	6.4	6.4	746	2016	Transit
K2-84 c	929.1	2.03	4.8	27.9	352	2016	Transit
Kepler-960 b	929.3	2.29	5.9	3.1	1,118	2016	Transit
Kepler-202 c	929.9	1.85	4.1	16.3	232	2014	Transit
Kepler-202 b	929.9	1.63	3.3	4.1	529	2014	Transit
K2-413 c	930.1	1.23	2.0	5.3	531	2022	Transit
K2-413 b	930.1	0.76	0.4	0.8	1,262	2022	Transit
TOI-2497 b	930.5	11.14	1,531.9	10.7	1,322	2023	Transit
Kepler-1877 b	930.6	0.62	0.2	2.4	1,005	2021	Transit
TOI-2578 b	931.3	19.66	167.2	3.5	1,505	2026	Transit
TIC 279401253 b	931.4	11.21	1,951.5	76.8	213	2023	Transit
TIC 279401253 c	931.4	12.60	2,549.0	155.3	111	2023	Transit
TOI-3321 b	932.5	15.56	176.1	3.7	1,343	2024	Transit
TIC 38828280 b	934.2	2.63	7.4	4.9	—	2026	Transit
K2-395 c	935.2	3.40	11.4	8.5	—	2022	Transit
K2-395 b	935.2	2.60	7.3	4.8	—	2022	Transit
TOI-5380 b	935.4	3.48	11.9	3.8	1,206	2026	Transit
K2-191 b	936.7	1.58	3.1	2.9	—	2018	Transit
Kepler-1972 b	937.2	0.80	2.0	7.5	811	2022	Transit
Kepler-1972 c	937.2	0.87	2.1	11.3	942	2022	Transit
WASP-160 B b	940.4	12.22	88.4	3.8	846	2018	Transit
Kepler-236 c	941.8	2.00	4.7	24.0	56	2014	Transit
Kepler-236 b	941.8	1.57	3.1	8.3	196	2014	Transit
TIC 320419023 b	942.2	2.77	8.1	5.3	—	2026	Transit
HAT-P-32 b	943.3	22.19	216.1	2.2	1,563	2011	Transit
TOI-2046 b	944.8	16.14	731.0	1.5	1,556	2022	Transit
K2-19 b	945.3	7.00	30.8	7.9	584	2015	Transit
K2-19 c	945.3	4.10	11.0	11.9	406	2015	Transit
K2-19 d	945.3	1.04	6.2	2.5	985	2016	Transit
HD 278555 b	945.3	11.03	267.0	28.8	580	2026	Transit
Kepler-1124 b	945.5	1.28	2.2	2.9	348	2016	Transit
Kepler-517 b	945.5	2.67	7.6	60.9	194	2016	Transit
Kepler-968 c	946.9	1.69	3.5	5.7	371	2016	Transit
Kepler-968 b	946.9	2.00	4.7	3.7	472	2016	Transit
KOI-1833 d	946.9	2.58	11.0	7.7	340	2021	Transit
WASP-58 b	947.2	16.03	308.3	5.0	997	2012	Transit
K2-388 b	947.5	3.90	14.5	6.3	601	2022	Transit
TOI-5238 b	948.0	5.22	23.7	4.9	769	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.