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
K2-290 c	890.1	11.28	246.0	48.4	403	2019	Transit
K2-291 b	293.7	1.59	6.5	2.2	1,005	2019	Transit
K2-292 b	372.8	2.63	24.5	17.0	522	2019	Transit
K2-293 b	1,279.4	2.45	6.6	13.1	477	2019	Transit
K2-294 b	1,216.8	1.66	3.4	2.5	1,152	2019	Transit
K2-308 b	4,287.4	9.92	70.6	3.4	941	2019	Transit
K2-32 e	514.3	1.21	2.1	4.3	793	2019	Transit
K2-43 c	595.4	2.42	6.4	2.2	821	2019	Transit
KELT-23 A b	411.8	14.83	298.1	2.3	1,288	2019	Transit
KELT-24 b	314.8	12.71	1,458.8	5.6	1,118	2019	Transit
KOI-1599.01	3,690.9	1.90	4.6	20.4	387	2019	Transit
KOI-1599.02	3,690.9	1.90	9.0	13.6	482	2019	Transit
Kepler-47 d	3,343.2	7.04	19.0	187.4	41	2019	Transit
L 98-59 b	34.6	0.84	0.5	2.3	347	2019	Transit
L 98-59 c	34.6	1.33	2.0	3.7	253	2019	Transit
L 98-59 d	34.6	1.63	1.6	7.5	143	2019	Transit
LHS 3844 b	48.5	1.29	2.4	0.5	543	2019	Transit
LP 791-18 b	86.4	1.21	1.9	0.9	291	2019	Transit
LP 791-18 c	86.4	2.49	7.2	5.0	51	2019	Transit
LTT 1445 A b	22.4	1.34	2.7	5.4	158	2019	Transit
NGTS-4 b	915.0	3.18	20.6	1.3	1,377	2019	Transit
NGTS-5 b	1,000.6	12.73	72.8	3.4	679	2019	Transit
NGTS-6 b	1,005.4	14.86	425.6	0.9	1,011	2019	Transit
NGTS-8 b	1,399.1	12.22	295.6	2.5	1,072	2019	Transit
NGTS-9 b	1,986.7	11.99	921.7	4.4	1,175	2019	Transit
Qatar-10 b	1,823.4	17.30	233.9	1.6	1,682	2019	Transit
Qatar-7 b	2,302.6	19.06	597.5	2.0	1,780	2019	Transit
Qatar-8 b	918.1	14.40	117.9	3.7	1,184	2019	Transit
Qatar-9 b	697.2	11.31	378.2	1.5	861	2019	Transit
TOI-125 b	362.2	2.73	9.5	4.7	764	2019	Transit
TOI-125 c	362.2	2.76	6.6	9.2	555	2019	Transit
TOI-150.01	1,096.8	14.07	797.8	5.9	1,131	2019	Transit
TOI-163 b	1,342.8	16.69	387.8	4.2	1,396	2019	Transit
TOI-172 b	1,118.2	10.82	1,722.6	9.5	925	2019	Transit
TOI-216.01	580.4	10.10	178.0	34.5	224	2019	Transit
TOI-216.02	580.4	8.00	18.8	17.2	355	2019	Transit
TOI-270 b	73.3	1.28	1.5	3.4	327	2019	Transit
TOI-270 c	73.3	2.33	6.2	5.7	216	2019	Transit
TOI-270 d	73.3	2.00	4.2	11.4	110	2019	Transit
V1298 Tau b	352.9	9.41	13.1	24.1	393	2019	Transit
V1298 Tau c	352.9	5.08	4.7	8.2	680	2019	Transit
V1298 Tau d	352.9	6.53	6.0	12.4	558	2019	Transit
V1298 Tau e	352.9	10.17	15.3	48.7	254	2019	Transit
WASP-166 b	372.4	7.06	32.1	5.4	997	2019	Transit
WASP-169 b	2,045.2	14.62	178.3	5.6	1,331	2019	Transit
WASP-171 b	2,471.7	10.98	344.5	3.8	1,369	2019	Transit
WASP-175 b	1,759.2	13.54	314.7	3.1	1,298	2019	Transit
WASP-177 b	576.7	17.71	161.5	3.1	869	2019	Transit
WASP-178 b	1,394.9	20.29	527.6	3.3	2,197	2019	Transit
WASP-180 A b	828.4	13.90	286.0	3.4	1,267	2019	Transit
WASP-181 b	1,426.9	13.27	95.0	4.5	913	2019	Transit
WASP-182 b	1,068.5	9.53	47.0	3.4	1,206	2019	Transit
WASP-183 b	1,061.2	16.48	159.6	4.1	838	2019	Transit
WASP-184 b	2,163.2	14.91	181.2	5.2	1,207	2019	Transit
WASP-185 b	911.1	14.01	311.5	9.4	887	2019	Transit
WASP-190 b	1,768.6	12.89	317.8	5.4	1,227	2019	Transit
WASP-192 b	1,659.8	13.79	731.0	2.9	1,347	2019	Transit
XO-7 b	763.7	15.39	225.3	2.9	1,470	2019	Transit
CoRoT-32 b	1,880.9	6.39	47.7	6.7	665	2018	Transit
EPIC 211945201 b	592.6	5.76	11.0	19.5	544	2018	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.