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-9 b	2,049.1	8.29	43.4	19.2	388	2010	Transit
TOI-3629 b	424.3	8.29	82.6	3.9	417	2022	Transit
TOI-5628 A b	358.9	8.29	28.6	4.3	219	2026	Transit
TOI-762 A b	321.1	8.34	79.8	3.5	282	2024	Transit
Kepler-855 b	4,913.8	8.35	52.7	7.9	723	2016	Transit
K2-127 b	2,315.7	8.37	52.9	3.6	536	2017	Transit
Kepler-539 b	1,002.3	8.37	308.3	125.6	114	2016	Transit
Kepler-720 b	3,474.8	8.41	53.4	4.7	889	2016	Transit
Kepler-16 b	244.9	8.45	105.8	228.8	-67	2011	Transit
WASP-148 b	803.5	8.47	91.2	8.8	667	2020	Transit
TOI-6448 b	1,261.8	8.47	54.0	14.8	472	2025	Transit
Kepler-719 b	8,145.8	8.52	54.5	5.0	725	2016	Transit
TOI-5786 b	627.8	8.54	73.0	12.8	767	2025	Transit
TOI-4994 b	1,074.0	8.54	89.0	21.5	444	2024	Transit
Kepler-34 b	5,873.5	8.56	69.9	288.8	21	2011	Transit
HATS-49 b	1,058.1	8.57	112.2	4.1	562	2020	Transit
Kepler-1513 b	1,139.1	8.59	48.3	160.9	73	2016	Transit
TOI-2364 b	716.3	8.61	71.5	4.0	818	2023	Transit
WASP-29 b	285.7	8.63	73.1	3.9	697	2010	Transit
Kepler-108 b	1,104.8	8.65	56.0	49.2	396	2014	Transit
TOI-2525 b	1,289.6	8.68	26.7	23.3	240	2023	Transit
K2-329 b	760.7	8.68	82.6	12.5	377	2020	Transit
Kepler-148 d	2,580.4	8.68	56.3	51.8	140	2016	Transit
WASP-59 b	378.1	8.69	274.3	7.9	397	2012	Transit
TOI-4860 b	261.4	8.70	86.7	1.5	421	2023	Transit
HATS-17 b	1,305.7	8.71	425.3	16.3	541	2016	Transit
TOI-1194 b	488.1	8.72	120.0	2.3	991	2023	Transit
Kepler-177 c	4,681.8	8.73	14.7	49.4	224	2013	Transit
TOI-1173 b	431.7	8.78	28.3	7.1	595	2024	Transit
Kepler-30 d	2,981.8	8.80	23.1	143.3	35	2012	Transit
KOI-1783.01	2,823.6	8.86	71.0	134.5	139	2020	Transit
Kepler-890 b	5,584.2	8.89	58.6	52.8	267	2016	Transit
Kepler-491 b	2,057.3	8.92	59.0	4.2	838	2016	Transit
Kepler-1746 b	3,194.8	8.94	59.1	321.2	37	2021	Transit
WASP-139 b	693.0	8.97	37.2	5.9	637	2016	Transit
HATS-48 A b	859.8	8.97	77.2	3.1	681	2020	Transit
Kepler-950 b	7,050.2	8.98	59.6	98.7	87	2016	Transit
Kepler-51 c	2,556.5	9.00	4.0	85.3	166	2012	Transit
Kepler-817 b	4,841.7	9.03	60.2	4.0	851	2016	Transit
Kepler-46 b	2,534.4	9.06	1,907.0	33.6	270	2012	Transit
HD 332231 b	263.1	9.07	74.1	18.7	525	2020	Transit
SWEEPS-4 b	27,723.3	9.08	1,207.7	4.2	—	2006	Transit
TOI-199 b	333.6	9.08	54.0	104.9	52	2023	Transit
TOI-1268 b	357.3	9.10	96.4	8.2	646	2022	Transit
K2-289 b	894.6	9.10	61.0	13.2	480	2019	Transit
TOI-5422 b	1,129.0	9.10	8,899.2	5.4	1,096	2026	Transit
K2-139 b	501.8	9.11	123.0	28.4	251	2017	Transit
NGTS-11 b	621.1	9.16	109.3	35.5	162	2020	Transit
TIC 9344899 b	1,735.9	9.16	6,170.0	8.6	650	2026	Transit
TOI-837 b	464.7	9.17	120.5	8.3	722	2020	Transit
Kepler-702 b	3,235.7	9.17	61.8	10.5	440	2016	Transit
HD 221416 b	311.6	9.17	60.5	14.3	1,042	2019	Transit
Kepler-1654 b	1,852.9	9.18	158.9	1,047.8	-67	2018	Transit
Kepler-695 b	2,749.3	9.21	62.3	3.0	748	2016	Transit
Kepler-1981 b	2,150.7	9.23	62.5	453.5	117	2023	Transit
TOI-622 b	402.1	9.24	96.3	6.4	1,115	2023	Transit
HAT-P-38 b	832.4	9.25	84.9	4.6	809	2012	Transit
K2-261 b	695.6	9.27	69.0	11.6	763	2018	Transit
TOI-2986 b	1,836.7	9.29	96.6	3.3	1,349	2025	Transit
Kepler-856 b	4,406.9	9.30	63.3	8.0	551	2016	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.