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-305 e	2,832.6	1.79	3.9	3.2	727	2020	Transit
Kepler-385 d	4,672.5	2.62	7.4	56.4	262	2020	Transit
Kepler-595 c	2,097.2	1.01	3.3	12.4	406	2020	Transit
Kepler-598 c	2,221.4	3.02	9.4	86.5	94	2020	Transit
Kepler-647 c	3,548.2	4.00	15.1	29.7	371	2020	Transit
Kepler-716 c	2,071.1	1.39	2.5	4.0	719	2020	Transit
Kepler-783 c	1,683.3	2.33	6.0	7.1	567	2020	Transit
L 168-9 b	82.0	1.63	4.1	1.4	725	2020	Transit
LHS 1815 b	97.3	1.09	1.6	3.8	344	2020	Transit
LP 714-47 b	171.6	4.25	28.4	4.1	450	2020	Transit
LTT 3780 b	71.7	1.32	2.5	0.8	630	2020	Transit
LTT 3780 c	71.7	2.39	8.0	12.3	86	2020	Transit
LTT 9779 b	262.4	4.72	29.3	0.8	1,705	2020	Transit
MASCARA-4 b	556.7	16.98	532.4	2.8	1,977	2020	Transit
NGTS-10 b	1,059.0	13.90	687.1	0.8	1,235	2020	Transit
NGTS-11 b	621.1	9.16	109.3	35.5	162	2020	Transit
NGTS-12 b	1,456.1	11.75	66.1	7.5	984	2020	Transit
TIC 237913194 b	998.2	12.52	617.2	15.2	701	2020	Transit
TOI-1130 b	190.0	3.66	19.8	4.1	552	2020	Transit
TOI-1130 c	190.0	13.00	336.0	8.4	377	2020	Transit
TOI-122 b	202.6	2.72	7.8	5.1	198	2020	Transit
TOI-1235 b	129.3	1.69	6.7	3.4	502	2020	Transit
TOI-125 d	362.2	2.93	13.6	20.0	365	2020	Transit
TOI-1266 b	117.5	2.52	4.5	10.9	142	2020	Transit
TOI-1266 c	117.5	1.98	3.2	18.8	73	2020	Transit
TOI-132 b	533.8	3.42	22.4	2.1	1,122	2020	Transit
TOI-1338 b	1,301.4	7.66	11.3	95.4	-18	2020	Transit
TOI-157 b	1,160.1	14.41	375.0	2.1	1,315	2020	Transit
TOI-169 b	1,330.2	12.17	251.4	2.3	1,442	2020	Transit
TOI-1728 b	198.3	5.05	26.8	3.5	494	2020	Transit
TOI-1899 b	418.9	11.10	212.9	29.1	105	2020	Transit
TOI-237 b	124.2	1.44	2.7	5.4	115	2020	Transit
TOI-421 b	244.0	2.64	6.7	5.2	649	2020	Transit
TOI-421 c	244.0	5.09	14.1	16.1	362	2020	Transit
TOI-451 b	403.6	1.84	4.7	1.9	1,201	2020	Transit
TOI-451 c	403.6	2.93	3.7	9.2	592	2020	Transit
TOI-451 d	403.6	3.93	10.2	16.4	441	2020	Transit
TOI-481 b	585.0	11.10	486.3	10.3	1,097	2020	Transit
TOI-540 b	45.7	0.90	0.7	1.2	338	2020	Transit
TOI-561 b	279.8	1.40	2.0	0.4	2,046	2020	Transit
TOI-561 c	279.8	2.87	5.9	10.8	529	2020	Transit
TOI-561 d	279.8	2.62	13.3	25.7	327	2020	Transit
TOI-561 e	279.8	2.52	12.4	77.1	143	2020	Transit
TOI-564 b	650.9	11.43	465.0	1.7	1,441	2020	Transit
TOI-677 b	462.5	13.11	392.2	11.2	979	2020	Transit
TOI-700 b	101.5	0.96	0.8	10.0	144	2020	Transit
TOI-700 c	101.5	2.54	7.0	16.1	83	2020	Transit
TOI-700 d	101.5	1.15	1.6	37.4	-4	2020	Transit
TOI-763 b	310.3	2.28	9.8	5.6	765	2020	Transit
TOI-763 c	310.3	2.63	9.3	12.3	527	2020	Transit
TOI-776 b	88.6	1.80	5.0	8.2	247	2020	Transit
TOI-776 c	88.6	2.05	6.9	15.7	147	2020	Transit
TOI-813 b	858.3	6.71	36.4	83.9	337	2020	Transit
TOI-824 b	208.5	2.93	18.5	1.4	980	2020	Transit
TOI-837 b	464.7	9.17	120.5	8.3	722	2020	Transit
TOI-849 b	736.2	3.64	41.8	0.8	1,659	2020	Transit
TOI-892 b	1,110.7	11.99	301.9	10.6	1,124	2020	Transit
TOI-905 b	517.4	13.13	212.0	3.7	919	2020	Transit
TOI-942 b	497.7	3.89	826.4	4.3	847	2020	Transit
TOI-942 c	497.7	4.67	37.0	10.2	499	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.