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-26 e	1,093.6	2.41	6.4	46.8	3	2014	Transit
Kepler-343 b	3,024.1	2.41	6.4	9.0	751	2014	Transit
Kepler-131 b	745.8	2.41	16.1	16.1	445	2014	Transit
Kepler-1170 b	3,426.1	2.41	6.4	10.0	432	2016	Transit
K2-37 c	586.9	2.41	6.4	6.4	566	2016	Transit
Kepler-143 b	2,640.1	2.41	6.4	16.0	565	2014	Transit
Kepler-1182 b	5,040.4	2.41	6.4	11.2	523	2016	Transit
K2-347 b	1,044.8	2.41	6.4	7.2	367	2021	Transit
K2-84 b	929.1	2.41	6.4	6.4	746	2016	Transit
K2-224 c	897.8	2.41	6.4	10.1	491	2018	Transit
K2-8 c	1,316.1	2.41	6.4	5.1	528	2016	Transit
TOI-1226 b	841.3	2.41	6.4	3.9	850	2026	Transit
TIC 86380416 b	798.0	2.41	6.4	6.0	—	2026	Transit
K2-367 b	577.2	2.41	6.4	20.6	—	2022	Transit
TOI-1201 b	123.6	2.42	6.3	2.5	430	2021	Transit
TOI-707 b	427.1	2.42	6.4	52.8	219	2026	Transit
TOI-178 f	204.5	2.42	5.6	15.2	248	2021	Transit
K2-397 b	650.2	2.42	6.4	3.6	—	2022	Transit
TOI-1630.01	215.6	2.42	6.4	12.1	311	2024	Transit
TOI-4308 b	355.3	2.42	6.4	9.2	490	2023	Transit
Kepler-717 b	9,150.2	2.42	6.4	4.4	866	2016	Transit
Kepler-920 b	3,267.0	2.42	6.4	6.5	634	2016	Transit
HD 224018 c	344.0	2.42	10.4	36.6	368	2025	Transit
Kepler-81 b	1,136.0	2.42	17.2	6.0	362	2012	Transit
Kepler-680 b	4,867.8	2.42	6.4	3.7	874	2016	Transit
K2-43 c	595.4	2.42	6.4	2.2	821	2019	Transit
Kepler-1858 b	2,717.1	2.42	6.4	88.1	57	2021	Transit
Kepler-1871 b	2,787.4	2.42	6.4	2.0	1,130	2021	Transit
Kepler-1716 b	637.4	2.42	6.5	35.6	135	2021	Transit
TOI-904 b	150.3	2.43	6.5	10.9	156	2023	Transit
HD 6061 b	220.5	2.43	10.0	5.3	802	2023	Transit
Kepler-786 b	1,582.9	2.43	6.5	53.5	75	2016	Transit
Kepler-233 b	2,793.3	2.43	6.5	8.5	478	2014	Transit
Kepler-307 b	1,877.3	2.43	7.4	10.4	524	2013	Transit
Kepler-147 c	3,398.6	2.43	6.5	33.4	416	2014	Transit
Kepler-55 b	1,887.8	2.43	43.0	27.9	127	2012	Transit
TOI-4184 b	226.2	2.43	6.5	4.9	139	2023	Transit
K2-324 b	445.7	2.43	6.5	3.3	434	2020	Transit
Kepler-616 b	3,084.7	2.43	6.5	10.0	587	2016	Transit
Kepler-765 b	3,510.4	2.43	6.5	27.7	368	2016	Transit
Kepler-173 c	2,717.4	2.43	6.5	8.0	683	2014	Transit
Kepler-1526 b	1,812.0	2.43	6.5	3.9	514	2016	Transit
Kepler-1739 b	2,556.0	2.43	6.5	7.3	566	2021	Transit
K2-44 b	1,554.8	2.43	6.5	5.7	938	2016	Transit
TOI-1054.01	288.4	2.43	6.5	15.5	580	2021	Transit
TIC 24750448 b	581.0	2.44	6.5	3.6	—	2026	Transit
K2-198 d	360.6	2.44	6.5	7.5	670	2019	Transit
Kepler-1845 b	2,318.1	2.44	6.5	11.6	311	2021	Transit
Kepler-1754 b	2,344.9	2.44	6.5	8.2	399	2021	Transit
K2-12 b	1,064.5	2.44	5.2	8.3	753	2015	Transit
HD 106315 b	356.7	2.44	12.6	9.6	880	2017	Transit
Kepler-338 b	1,803.0	2.44	30.6	13.7	732	2014	Transit
Kepler-675 b	2,171.2	2.44	6.5	2.3	797	2016	Transit
Kepler-1491 c	6,737.0	2.44	6.5	61.6	257	2023	Transit
Kepler-1086 b	1,520.2	2.44	6.5	18.8	160	2016	Transit
Kepler-49 c	1,015.1	2.44	8.4	10.9	170	2012	Transit
TOI-1798.01	369.1	2.45	6.5	8.0	461	2024	Transit
TOI-2274 b	159.4	2.45	6.6	2.7	498	2024	Transit
Kepler-164 d	2,905.3	2.45	6.6	29.0	364	2014	Transit
HD 5278 b	187.8	2.45	7.8	14.3	670	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.