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-285 b	2,688.5	1.34	2.4	2.6	858	2014	Transit
K2-368 b	673.9	1.33	2.3	5.0	—	2022	Transit
K2-211 b	888.1	1.33	2.3	0.7	1,600	2018	Transit
GJ 806 b	39.3	1.33	1.9	0.9	667	2023	Transit
Kepler-1987 c	1,942.9	1.33	2.3	3.6	587	2023	Transit
Kepler-144 b	1,255.4	1.33	2.3	5.9	980	2014	Transit
Kepler-1498 b	2,413.6	1.33	2.3	48.1	291	2016	Transit
Kepler-251 b	3,015.7	1.33	2.3	4.8	717	2014	Transit
Kepler-393 c	2,874.8	1.33	2.3	14.6	628	2014	Transit
Kepler-707 b	1,930.1	1.33	2.3	2.2	887	2016	Transit
TOI-2095 c	136.7	1.33	7.4	28.2	24	2023	Transit
Kepler-1224 b	1,825.2	1.33	2.3	13.3	599	2016	Transit
Kepler-1508 b	4,110.5	1.33	2.3	20.7	694	2016	Transit
Kepler-348 c	1,861.6	1.33	2.3	17.3	615	2014	Transit
Kepler-286 d	4,001.4	1.33	2.3	5.9	646	2014	Transit
Kepler-1190 b	1,117.1	1.33	2.3	10.5	336	2016	Transit
Kepler-1028 b	1,982.8	1.33	2.3	2.5	944	2016	Transit
Kepler-1587 b	3,347.9	1.33	2.3	9.4	708	2016	Transit
K2-148 b	405.9	1.33	2.3	4.4	461	2018	Transit
Kepler-220 e	558.1	1.33	2.3	45.9	68	2014	Transit
K2-268 e	1,069.1	1.33	2.3	6.1	528	2021	Transit
Kepler-931 b	1,598.2	1.33	2.3	8.0	471	2016	Transit
Kepler-1253 b	1,678.2	1.33	2.3	68.9	228	2016	Transit
Kepler-1185 b	1,497.9	1.33	2.3	104.4	82	2016	Transit
K2-316 b	366.9	1.33	2.3	1.1	568	2020	Transit
L 98-59 c	34.6	1.33	2.0	3.7	253	2019	Transit
Kepler-1888 b	1,314.2	1.33	2.3	11.4	613	2021	Transit
Kepler-1671 b	1,164.6	1.33	2.3	4.2	689	2020	Transit
LTT 3780 b	71.7	1.32	2.5	0.8	630	2020	Transit
Kepler-603 d	5,021.6	1.32	2.3	6.2	825	2016	Transit
Kepler-90 i	2,766.6	1.32	2.3	14.4	436	2017	Transit
Kepler-333 b	1,058.1	1.32	28.2	12.6	207	2014	Transit
Kepler-292 b	3,445.8	1.32	2.3	2.6	857	2014	Transit
Kepler-617 b	565.4	1.32	2.3	1.7	477	2016	Transit
TOI-406 c	101.3	1.32	2.1	3.3	311	2024	Transit
Kepler-157 b	2,523.5	1.32	2.3	1.7	1,273	2014	Transit
Kepler-299 b	3,431.9	1.32	2.3	2.9	985	2014	Transit
Kepler-383 b	1,532.9	1.32	2.3	12.9	272	2014	Transit
Kepler-217 d	3,602.8	1.32	2.3	3.9	1,301	2016	Transit
Kepler-1193 b	2,616.1	1.32	2.3	2.8	1,180	2016	Transit
Kepler-255 d	3,432.9	1.32	2.3	1.0	1,437	2016	Transit
Kepler-382 b	3,051.0	1.32	2.3	5.3	893	2014	Transit
K2-35 b	823.9	1.32	2.3	2.4	706	2016	Transit
Kepler-1179 b	1,354.2	1.32	2.3	2.7	864	2016	Transit
Kepler-395 c	1,374.4	1.32	2.3	35.0	68	2014	Transit
LP 890-9 b	105.8	1.32	13.2	2.7	123	2022	Transit
Kepler-1156 b	2,254.8	1.32	2.3	11.9	514	2016	Transit
Kepler-1506 b	7,716.9	1.32	2.3	14.0	510	2016	Transit
Kepler-1783 b	861.3	1.32	2.3	8.3	815	2021	Transit
K2-233 b	220.2	1.31	2.4	2.5	854	2018	Transit
K2-369 b	605.2	1.31	2.3	5.8	—	2022	Transit
Kepler-374 d	4,127.9	1.31	2.3	5.0	999	2014	Transit
Kepler-1436 b	8,253.8	1.31	2.3	9.7	728	2016	Transit
Kepler-821 b	2,004.5	1.31	2.3	1.9	942	2016	Transit
TOI-5728 b	178.4	1.31	2.3	11.5	109	2025	Transit
KOI-351 b	2,766.6	1.31	2.3	7.0	789	2013	Transit
Kepler-1298 b	1,774.8	1.31	2.3	7.1	1,100	2016	Transit
Kepler-62 b	981.3	1.31	9.0	5.7	477	2013	Transit
HD 137496 b	506.6	1.31	4.0	1.6	1,857	2021	Transit
Kepler-1575 b	4,066.9	1.31	2.3	2.6	1,039	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.