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
WASP-126 b	706.2	10.51	90.3	3.3	1,207	2016	Transit
WASP-127 b	520.2	14.69	52.3	4.2	1,127	2016	Transit
WASP-129 b	983.2	10.42	317.8	5.7	827	2016	Transit
WASP-130 b	561.8	9.98	390.9	11.6	560	2016	Transit
WASP-131 b	652.6	13.74	86.8	5.3	1,187	2016	Transit
WASP-132 b	400.9	10.10	136.0	7.1	409	2016	Transit
WASP-133 b	1,823.5	13.56	368.7	2.2	1,517	2016	Transit
WASP-136 b	898.8	16.81	479.9	5.2	1,357	2016	Transit
WASP-138 b	1,351.0	12.22	387.8	3.6	1,317	2016	Transit
WASP-139 b	693.0	8.97	37.2	5.9	637	2016	Transit
WASP-140 b	383.6	14.24	775.5	2.2	997	2016	Transit
WASP-141 b	1,684.7	13.56	855.0	3.3	1,267	2016	Transit
WASP-142 b	2,384.0	17.15	267.0	2.1	1,727	2016	Transit
WASP-157 b	1,089.5	11.19	182.4	4.0	920	2016	Transit
WASP-76 b	634.2	20.78	284.1	1.8	1,955	2016	Transit
WASP-85 A b	462.8	13.90	402.1	2.7	1,179	2016	Transit
WASP-87 b	973.2	15.52	692.9	1.7	1,776	2016	Transit
WASP-90 b	1,521.3	18.27	200.2	3.9	1,567	2016	Transit
WASP-92 b	1,878.3	16.38	255.9	2.2	1,598	2016	Transit
WASP-93 b	1,207.7	17.90	467.2	2.7	1,669	2016	Transit
XO-6 b	768.0	23.20	1,398.5	3.8	1,304	2016	Transit
CoRoT-28 b	2,499.0	10.70	153.8	5.2	1,076	2015	Transit
CoRoT-29 b	2,630.5	10.09	270.2	2.9	952	2015	Transit
GJ 1132 b	41.1	1.19	1.8	1.6	311	2015	Transit
HAT-P-50 b	1,681.2	14.44	429.1	3.1	1,589	2015	Transit
HAT-P-51 b	1,435.4	13.51	97.6	4.2	895	2015	Transit
HAT-P-52 b	1,177.9	11.31	260.0	2.8	945	2015	Transit
HAT-P-53 b	2,174.8	14.77	471.7	2.0	1,505	2015	Transit
HAT-P-54 b	468.5	10.58	241.6	3.8	545	2015	Transit
HAT-P-55 b	1,667.9	14.84	189.4	3.6	1,094	2015	Transit
HAT-P-56 b	1,045.8	16.93	734.2	2.8	1,567	2015	Transit
HAT-P-57 b	912.8	19.50	448.1	2.5	1,927	2015	Transit
HATS-10 b	1,744.6	10.86	167.2	3.3	1,134	2015	Transit
HATS-13 b	1,375.9	13.59	172.6	3.0	971	2015	Transit
HATS-14 b	1,673.2	11.65	340.4	2.8	1,003	2015	Transit
HATS-6 b	552.2	11.19	101.4	3.3	440	2015	Transit
HATS-7 b	785.1	6.31	38.1	3.2	811	2015	Transit
HATS-8 b	2,591.8	9.79	43.9	3.6	1,051	2015	Transit
HATS-9 b	2,083.2	13.85	266.0	1.9	1,473	2015	Transit
K2-10 b	888.3	3.77	25.2	19.3	376	2015	Transit
K2-11 b	1,074.1	7.55	44.4	39.9	461	2015	Transit
K2-12 b	1,064.5	2.44	5.2	8.3	753	2015	Transit
K2-13 b	1,116.7	1.89	4.2	39.9	238	2015	Transit
K2-14 b	1,187.4	4.81	20.7	8.4	215	2015	Transit
K2-15 b	1,611.2	2.48	6.7	11.8	403	2015	Transit
K2-16 b	1,092.5	2.02	4.7	7.6	385	2015	Transit
K2-16 c	1,092.5	2.54	7.0	19.1	212	2015	Transit
K2-17 b	408.0	2.23	5.6	18.0	214	2015	Transit
K2-18 b	124.0	2.37	8.9	32.9	11	2015	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
K2-21 b	272.8	1.84	4.0	9.3	227	2015	Transit
K2-21 c	272.8	2.49	6.8	15.5	147	2015	Transit
K2-22 b	795.3	2.30	445.0	0.4	1,827	2015	Transit
K2-25 b	146.6	3.44	24.5	3.5	221	2015	Transit
K2-3 b	143.7	2.08	5.1	10.1	228	2015	Transit
K2-3 c	143.7	1.58	2.7	24.6	99	2015	Transit
K2-3 d	143.7	1.46	2.2	44.6	32	2015	Transit
K2-4 b	756.1	2.10	5.1	10.0	290	2015	Transit
K2-5 b	661.9	1.91	4.3	5.7	292	2015	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.