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
TOI-4342 b	200.7	2.33	7.3	5.5	366	2023	Transit
HIP 65 A b	201.5	22.75	1,021.2	1.0	1,138	2020	Transit
K2-141 b	201.8	1.51	5.0	0.3	1,830	2018	Transit
K2-141 c	201.8	7.00	8.0	7.7	422	2018	Transit
TOI-122 b	202.6	2.72	7.8	5.1	198	2020	Transit
TOI-1799 b	202.6	1.64	4.0	7.1	650	2024	Transit
TOI-2081 b	203.3	2.04	4.8	10.5	215	2022	Transit
K2-400 b	203.5	1.16	1.7	3.9	—	2022	Transit
HIP 116454 b	203.7	2.47	9.7	9.1	480	2014	Transit
K2-91 b	204.1	1.10	1.4	1.4	454	2016	Transit
TOI-178 b	204.5	1.20	1.0	1.9	767	2021	Transit
TOI-178 c	204.5	1.75	4.6	3.2	600	2021	Transit
TOI-178 d	204.5	2.69	5.2	6.6	417	2021	Transit
TOI-178 e	204.5	2.30	3.5	10.0	327	2021	Transit
TOI-178 f	204.5	2.42	5.6	15.2	248	2021	Transit
TOI-178 g	204.5	2.94	4.4	20.7	197	2021	Transit
TOI-411 c	204.8	2.33	9.7	9.6	658	2022	Transit
TOI-411 b	204.8	1.36	13.7	4.0	968	2022	Transit
HD 22946 d	204.8	2.61	26.6	47.4	273	2023	Transit
K2-28 b	205.5	2.32	6.0	2.3	295	2016	Transit
TOI-4602.01	205.7	2.45	5.5	4.0	1,071	2024	Transit
HD 20329 b	207.7	1.72	7.4	0.9	1,868	2022	Transit
Kepler-37 c	208.5	0.76	1.3	21.3	342	2013	Transit
Kepler-37 d	208.5	2.03	2.0	39.8	226	2013	Transit
Kepler-37 e	208.5	0.37	8.1	51.2	128	2014	Transit
Kepler-37 b	208.5	0.31	0.8	13.4	445	2013	Transit
TOI-824 b	208.5	2.93	18.5	1.4	980	2020	Transit
K2-257 b	208.8	0.83	0.5	1.6	516	2018	Transit
TOI-663 c	209.5	2.26	3.6	4.7	280	2024	Transit
TOI-663 b	209.5	2.27	4.5	2.6	401	2024	Transit
TOI-663 d	209.5	1.92	5.2	7.1	209	2024	Transit
HD 108236 e	210.7	3.08	9.7	19.6	363	2020	Transit
HD 108236 f	210.7	2.02	4.7	29.5	336	2021	Transit
TOI-1233.01	210.7	2.54	7.0	14.2	435	2021	Transit
HD 108236 c	210.7	2.07	4.9	6.2	659	2020	Transit
HD 108236 b	210.7	1.61	3.2	3.8	826	2020	Transit
TOI-784 b	210.7	1.93	9.7	2.8	983	2023	Transit
TOI-277 b	210.9	2.65	7.5	4.0	315	2022	Transit
WASP-107 b	211.2	10.48	33.0	5.7	463	2017	Transit
TOI-1696 b	211.7	3.09	48.8	2.5	216	2022	Transit
TOI-1203.01	212.0	2.92	7.4	25.5	470	2021	Transit
TOI-913 b	212.6	2.45	6.6	11.1	439	2023	Transit
K2-288 B b	214.0	1.90	4.3	31.4	-47	2018	Transit
HIP 97166 b	215.1	2.48	19.1	10.3	429	2021	Transit
TOI-1630.01	215.6	2.42	6.4	12.1	311	2024	Transit
Kepler-1651 b	216.6	1.84	4.0	9.9	120	2017	Transit
K2-72 c	216.7	1.16	1.6	15.2	61	2016	Transit
K2-72 e	216.7	1.29	2.2	24.2	13	2016	Transit
K2-72 d	216.7	1.01	1.0	7.8	144	2016	Transit
K2-72 b	216.7	1.08	1.3	5.6	193	2016	Transit
TOI-7384 b	217.8	3.56	12.4	6.2	105	2026	Transit
Kepler-138 c	218.1	1.51	2.3	13.8	137	2014	Transit
Kepler-138 b	218.1	0.64	0.1	10.3	179	2014	Transit
Kepler-138 d	218.1	1.51	2.1	23.1	72	2014	Transit
TOI-672 b	218.2	5.31	50.9	3.6	426	2023	Transit
TOI-512 b	219.8	1.54	3.6	7.2	736	2025	Transit
K2-233 b	220.2	1.31	2.4	2.5	854	2018	Transit
K2-233 d	220.2	2.36	10.3	24.4	252	2018	Transit
K2-233 c	220.2	1.27	4.6	7.1	521	2018	Transit
HIP 9618 b	220.3	3.83	8.3	20.8	368	2023	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.