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-1284 b	2,877.8	1.21	1.9	0.7	1,430	2016	Transit
K2-279 b	596.8	1.21	1.9	7.1	606	2018	Transit
LP 791-18 b	86.4	1.21	1.9	0.9	291	2019	Transit
K2-32 e	514.3	1.21	2.1	4.3	793	2019	Transit
Kepler-1962 b	2,827.2	1.21	1.9	8.0	628	2021	Transit
TOI-1776 b	145.6	1.22	1.4	2.8	996	2024	Transit
Kepler-1855 b	—	1.22	2.0	0.7	576	2021	Transit
K2-414 b	848.1	1.22	2.0	4.4	539	2022	Transit
Kepler-495 c	2,149.1	1.22	2.0	5.9	727	2021	Transit
K2-336 b	780.5	1.22	2.0	21.2	296	2021	Transit
Kepler-763 b	3,139.1	1.22	2.0	1.2	1,141	2016	Transit
Kepler-197 d	1,078.2	1.22	2.0	15.7	537	2014	Transit
Kepler-908 b	948.6	1.22	2.0	1.3	1,510	2016	Transit
Kepler-226 d	3,196.8	1.22	2.0	8.1	527	2014	Transit
Kepler-402 b	2,039.6	1.22	2.0	4.0	1,038	2014	Transit
Kepler-1215 b	2,156.0	1.22	2.0	4.8	773	2016	Transit
Kepler-1834 c	1,632.1	1.22	2.0	0.8	1,268	2023	Transit
Kepler-1669 d	1,772.5	1.22	2.0	4.7	396	2023	Transit
Kepler-1223 b	1,500.2	1.22	2.0	16.3	284	2016	Transit
EPIC 201615463 c	1,555.4	1.22	2.0	3.8	—	2019	Transit
Kepler-1311 c	2,825.6	1.22	2.0	2.5	1,398	2016	Transit
Kepler-295 b	5,542.0	1.22	2.0	12.6	468	2014	Transit
Kepler-534 c	1,861.2	1.23	2.0	7.4	660	2021	Transit
Kepler-1832 b	1,585.7	1.23	2.0	3.1	749	2021	Transit
Kepler-1414 b	1,861.8	1.23	2.0	3.5	760	2016	Transit
Kepler-1987 b	1,942.9	1.23	2.0	2.3	724	2023	Transit
Kepler-1104 b	1,730.8	1.23	2.0	5.0	1,048	2016	Transit
Kepler-1595 b	2,756.1	1.23	2.0	4.6	707	2016	Transit
K2-88 b	360.6	1.23	2.0	4.6	191	2016	Transit
Kepler-1146 b	2,293.0	1.23	2.0	2.4	746	2016	Transit
Kepler-1646 b	416.1	1.23	2.0	4.5	92	2016	Transit
Kepler-1481 b	1,497.3	1.23	2.0	5.9	524	2016	Transit
Kepler-54 c	886.2	1.23	0.7	12.1	122	2012	Transit
Kepler-252 b	1,237.5	1.23	2.0	6.7	314	2014	Transit
Kepler-882 b	1,645.8	1.23	2.0	4.0	630	2016	Transit
Kepler-271 b	1,319.4	1.23	2.0	10.4	486	2014	Transit
Kepler-884 b	1,554.9	1.23	2.0	5.7	691	2016	Transit
Kepler-197 c	1,078.2	1.23	5.3	10.3	657	2014	Transit
Kepler-1055 b	1,270.0	1.23	2.0	2.3	1,031	2016	Transit
K2-413 c	930.1	1.23	2.0	5.3	531	2022	Transit
Kepler-167 d	1,115.2	1.24	2.1	21.8	265	2016	Transit
Kepler-1952 b	2,779.1	1.24	2.1	27.2	452	2021	Transit
Kepler-1386 b	2,726.3	1.24	2.1	6.7	738	2016	Transit
Kepler-1096 b	1,232.8	1.24	2.1	2.9	521	2016	Transit
Kepler-373 c	3,556.6	1.24	2.1	16.7	456	2014	Transit
Kepler-352 c	824.3	1.24	2.1	16.3	318	2014	Transit
HD 260655 b	32.6	1.24	2.1	2.8	436	2022	Transit
Kepler-1311 b	2,825.6	1.24	2.1	11.2	746	2016	Transit
Kepler-354 d	1,807.1	1.24	2.1	24.2	178	2014	Transit
Kepler-286 b	4,001.4	1.24	2.1	1.8	1,094	2014	Transit
Wolf 327 b	93.1	1.24	2.5	0.6	723	2024	Transit
Kepler-383 c	1,532.9	1.24	2.1	31.2	133	2014	Transit
TOI-2096 b	158.1	1.24	2.1	3.1	172	2023	Transit
K2-83 b	409.4	1.24	2.1	2.7	434	2016	Transit
Kepler-1074 b	818.1	1.25	2.1	5.9	295	2016	Transit
Kepler-186 c	579.2	1.25	2.1	7.3	191	2014	Transit
Kepler-1363 b	1,766.8	1.25	2.1	2.9	715	2016	Transit
Kepler-466 c	1,729.0	1.25	2.1	3.7	933	2016	Transit
Kepler-101 c	3,026.7	1.25	3.8	6.0	1,140	2014	Transit
K2-130 b	384.9	1.25	2.1	2.5	740	2017	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.