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-1230.01	466.9	2.39	6.3	25.1	773	2021	Transit
TOI-1231 b	90.1	3.65	15.4	24.2	56	2021	Transit
TOI-1235 b	129.3	1.69	6.7	3.4	502	2020	Transit
TOI-1243 b	140.9	2.33	7.7	4.7	177	2026	Transit
TOI-1244 b	334.5	2.47	6.6	6.4	442	2024	Transit
TOI-1248 b	550.3	6.81	27.4	4.4	679	2024	Transit
TOI-1249 b	455.0	3.27	11.9	13.1	454	2024	Transit
TOI-1259 A b	385.2	11.60	141.0	3.5	690	2021	Transit
TOI-1268 b	357.3	9.10	96.4	8.2	646	2022	Transit
TOI-1272 b	448.7	4.26	24.1	3.3	778	2022	Transit
TOI-1273 b	577.7	11.10	70.6	4.6	938	2024	Transit
TOI-1278 b	246.5	12.22	5,879.8	14.5	135	2021	Transit
TOI-1279 b	349.2	2.66	10.6	9.6	486	2024	Transit
TOI-128.01	223.3	2.22	5.6	4.9	1,071	2024	Transit
TOI-1291 b	1,396.3	5.64	27.1	7.2	1,376	2026	Transit
TOI-1295 b	1,266.2	15.69	451.3	3.2	2,087	2024	Transit
TOI-1296 b	1,054.3	14.12	95.3	3.9	1,142	2021	Transit
TOI-1298 b	1,040.6	9.66	99.0	4.5	1,005	2021	Transit
TOI-1301.01	296.4	2.48	6.7	6.1	464	2024	Transit
TOI-132 b	533.8	3.42	22.4	2.1	1,122	2020	Transit
TOI-1333 b	653.9	15.65	753.3	4.7	1,406	2021	Transit
TOI-139 b	138.3	2.46	6.6	11.1	288	2023	Transit
TOI-1411 b	105.9	1.20	2.0	1.5	703	2022	Transit
TOI-1416 b	179.4	1.62	3.5	1.1	1,244	2023	Transit
TOI-1420 b	658.6	11.89	25.1	7.0	684	2023	Transit
TOI-1431 b	485.7	16.70	991.6	2.7	2,097	2021	Transit
TOI-1437 b	336.9	2.24	9.6	18.8	521	2024	Transit
TOI-1439 b	751.2	4.24	38.5	27.6	475	2024	Transit
TOI-1442 b	134.3	1.17	1.7	0.4	799	2022	Transit
TOI-1443 b	279.9	2.30	30.0	23.5	248	2024	Transit
TOI-1444 b	409.2	1.42	3.6	0.5	1,857	2021	Transit
TOI-1448 b	239.2	2.75	19.5	8.1	153	2024	Transit
TOI-1451 b	299.9	2.61	15.2	16.5	450	2024	Transit
TOI-1452 b	99.5	1.67	4.8	11.1	53	2022	Transit
TOI-1466 b	282.4	2.47	6.7	1.9	728	2026	Transit
TOI-1467 b	122.1	1.92	9.0	6.0	233	2024	Transit
TOI-1478 b	498.7	11.99	279.7	10.2	645	2021	Transit
TOI-150.01	1,096.8	14.07	797.8	5.9	1,131	2019	Transit
TOI-1516 b	805.8	15.24	1,004.3	2.1	1,566	2022	Transit
TOI-1518 b	736.7	21.05	581.6	1.9	2,273	2021	Transit
TOI-157 b	1,160.1	14.41	375.0	2.1	1,315	2020	Transit
TOI-159 b	1,133.7	18.18	1,110.0	3.8	1,618	2026	Transit
TOI-1601 b	1,097.9	14.20	387.0	5.3	1,221	2021	Transit
TOI-163 b	1,342.8	16.69	387.8	4.2	1,396	2019	Transit
TOI-1630.01	215.6	2.42	6.4	12.1	311	2024	Transit
TOI-1648 b	227.8	2.54	7.4	7.3	526	2025	Transit
TOI-1659.01	399.5	2.25	5.7	5.9	758	2024	Transit
TOI-1680 b	121.4	1.47	2.8	4.8	131	2023	Transit
TOI-1683.01	167.0	2.64	7.5	3.1	656	2024	Transit
TOI-1685 b	122.7	1.42	3.1	0.7	727	2021	Transit
TOI-169 b	1,330.2	12.17	251.4	2.3	1,442	2020	Transit
TOI-1691 b	363.5	3.66	14.6	16.7	430	2024	Transit
TOI-1693 b	100.4	1.41	2.6	1.8	491	2022	Transit
TOI-1695 b	147.2	1.90	6.4	3.1	425	2022	Transit
TOI-1696 b	211.7	3.09	48.8	2.5	216	2022	Transit
TOI-1710 b	264.9	5.06	19.1	24.3	330	2022	Transit
TOI-1716.01	339.7	3.14	10.0	8.1	686	2024	Transit
TOI-1718 b	170.6	4.11	15.8	5.6	675	2026	Transit
TOI-172 b	1,118.2	10.82	1,722.6	9.5	925	2019	Transit
TOI-1722 b	444.9	4.38	17.6	9.6	679	2026	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.