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-1689 b	959.3	0.95	0.8	8.5	606	2020	Transit
Kepler-106 d	1,449.2	0.95	8.1	24.0	376	2014	Transit
Kepler-271 c	1,319.4	0.95	0.8	7.4	577	2014	Transit
Kepler-1049 b	528.4	0.95	0.8	3.3	352	2016	Transit
K2-315 b	185.8	0.95	0.8	3.1	187	2020	Transit
Kepler-1598 b	2,021.7	0.95	0.8	4.3	963	2016	Transit
Kepler-20 f	921.6	0.95	1.4	19.6	408	2011	Transit
HD 101581 b	41.7	0.96	0.8	4.5	561	2025	Transit
Kepler-399 b	2,415.3	0.96	0.8	14.4	500	2014	Transit
TOI-5716 b	128.5	0.96	0.8	6.8	127	2025	Transit
Kepler-524 c	3,451.5	0.96	0.8	1.9	1,301	2016	Transit
EPIC 206317286 b	1,025.3	0.96	0.8	1.6	—	2019	Transit
Kepler-1445 b	1,651.5	0.96	0.8	10.6	714	2016	Transit
Kepler-1650 b	438.3	0.96	0.8	1.5	329	2017	Transit
TOI-700 b	101.5	0.96	0.8	10.0	144	2020	Transit
Kepler-1443 b	1,936.2	0.97	0.9	2.4	1,329	2016	Transit
Kepler-1297 b	4,694.9	0.97	0.9	1.7	1,517	2016	Transit
Kepler-1293 b	3,353.4	0.97	0.9	5.6	910	2016	Transit
Kepler-1285 b	1,377.3	0.97	0.9	14.8	601	2016	Transit
Kepler-1693 c	2,479.0	0.98	0.9	5.4	786	2021	Transit
SPECULOOS-3 b	—	0.98	0.9	0.7	280	2024	Transit
Kepler-68 c	470.2	0.98	1.3	9.6	779	2013	Transit
Kepler-1053 b	492.9	0.98	0.9	2.4	680	2016	Transit
Kepler-1328 b	2,653.4	0.98	0.9	4.5	941	2016	Transit
Kepler-1990 c	1,280.9	0.98	0.9	4.1	897	2023	Transit
Kepler-220 d	558.1	0.98	0.9	28.1	128	2014	Transit
LHS 1678 d	64.8	0.98	0.9	5.0	190	2024	Transit
TOI-6716 b	61.6	0.98	0.9	4.7	96	2026	Transit
K2-411 b	972.7	0.99	0.9	3.2	1,155	2022	Transit
TOI-5388.01	60.4	0.99	2.2	2.6	215	2024	Transit
Kepler-381 b	871.9	0.99	0.9	5.6	1,303	2014	Transit
HD 101581 c	41.7	0.99	0.9	6.2	474	2025	Transit
Kepler-969 c	1,273.2	0.99	0.9	1.7	997	2016	Transit
EPIC 220492298 b	2,036.9	0.99	0.9	0.8	—	2021	Transit
Kepler-1047 c	2,666.8	0.99	0.9	3.2	1,036	2016	Transit
LHS 475 b	40.7	0.99	0.9	2.0	313	2023	Transit
TOI-2322 b	195.2	0.99	2.3	11.3	330	2025	Transit
Kepler-1800 b	1,143.0	1.00	1.0	4.6	1,260	2021	Transit
Kepler-392 b	2,222.5	1.00	1.0	5.3	852	2014	Transit
Kepler-1417 b	3,235.0	1.00	1.0	20.4	422	2016	Transit
K2-239 c	101.4	1.00	1.0	7.8	154	2018	Transit
Kepler-1464 c	3,756.4	1.00	1.0	5.3	750	2016	Transit
TOI-2267 b	73.5	1.00	1.0	2.3	151	2025	Transit
EPIC 201833600 c	839.7	1.00	1.0	4.0	—	2019	Transit
EPIC 206215704 b	358.4	1.00	1.0	2.3	—	2019	Transit
K2-229 b	334.5	1.00	2.5	0.6	1,545	2018	Transit
Kepler-595 c	2,097.2	1.01	3.3	12.4	406	2020	Transit
K2-72 d	216.7	1.01	1.0	7.8	144	2016	Transit
Kepler-1482 b	1,851.1	1.01	1.0	12.3	405	2016	Transit
Kepler-322 b	1,306.2	1.01	1.0	1.7	1,100	2014	Transit
Kepler-398 c	578.5	1.01	1.0	11.4	263	2014	Transit
EPIC 206032309 b	526.3	1.01	1.0	2.9	—	2019	Transit
Kepler-1081 b	1,370.6	1.01	1.0	3.9	699	2016	Transit
Kepler-282 b	4,362.7	1.01	1.0	9.2	544	2014	Transit
Kepler-1278 b	2,900.9	1.01	1.0	3.2	940	2016	Transit
Kepler-1947 b	1,528.9	1.01	1.0	7.0	1,025	2021	Transit
Kepler-1911 b	880.3	1.01	1.0	6.0	714	2021	Transit
K2-136 b	193.2	1.01	4.3	8.0	337	2017	Transit
K2-415 b	71.2	1.01	7.5	4.0	139	2023	Transit
Kepler-1649 b	300.7	1.02	1.0	8.7	34	2017	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.