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
LTT 1445 A b	22.4	1.34	2.7	5.4	158	2019	Transit
LTT 1445 A c	22.4	1.15	1.5	3.1	235	2022	Transit
GJ 367 b	30.7	0.74	0.5	0.3	1,056	2021	Transit
GJ 357 b	30.8	1.20	1.8	3.9	245	2019	Transit
AU Mic b	31.7	4.79	9.0	8.5	282	2020	Transit
AU Mic c	31.7	2.79	14.5	18.9	152	2021	Transit
HD 260655 b	32.6	1.24	2.1	2.8	436	2022	Transit
HD 260655 c	32.6	1.53	3.1	5.7	284	2022	Transit
GJ 341 b	34.1	0.88	4.0	7.6	356	2025	Transit
L 98-59 b	34.6	0.84	0.5	2.3	347	2019	Transit
L 98-59 c	34.6	1.33	2.0	3.7	253	2019	Transit
L 98-59 d	34.6	1.63	1.6	7.5	143	2019	Transit
GJ 806 b	39.3	1.33	1.9	0.9	667	2023	Transit
Gliese 12 b	39.8	0.93	0.9	12.8	41	2024	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 b	40.5	1.12	1.4	1.5	124	2016	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 c	40.5	1.10	1.3	2.4	67	2016	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 d	40.5	0.79	0.4	4.0	13	2016	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 e	40.5	0.92	0.7	6.1	-23	2017	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 f	40.5	1.04	1.0	9.2	-55	2017	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 g	40.5	1.13	1.3	12.4	-76	2017	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 h	40.5	0.76	0.3	18.8	-101	2017	Transit
LHS 475 b	40.7	0.99	0.9	2.0	313	2023	Transit
GJ 1132 b	41.1	1.19	1.8	1.6	311	2015	Transit
HD 101581 b	41.7	0.96	0.8	4.5	561	2025	Transit
HD 101581 c	41.7	0.99	0.9	6.2	474	2025	Transit
TOI-540 b	45.7	0.90	0.7	1.2	338	2020	Transit
GJ 1214 b	47.8	2.73	8.4	1.6	294	2009	Transit
LHS 3844 b	48.5	1.29	2.4	0.5	543	2019	Transit
LHS 1140 c	48.9	1.27	1.9	3.8	149	2018	Transit
LHS 1140 b	48.9	1.73	5.6	24.7	-47	2017	Transit
GJ 238 b	49.6	0.57	0.1	1.7	485	2024	Transit
GJ 3929 b	51.6	1.09	1.8	2.6	295	2022	Transit
GJ 143 b	53.2	2.61	22.7	35.6	149	2019	Transit
HD 21749 c	53.2	0.89	3.7	7.8	428	2019	Transit
TOI-4527.01	59.0	0.91	0.7	0.4	1,090	2024	Transit
LHS 1478 b	59.5	1.17	2.3	1.9	324	2021	Transit
pi Men c	59.6	2.02	3.6	6.3	897	2018	Transit
TOI-5388.01	60.4	0.99	2.2	2.6	215	2024	Transit
TOI-6716 b	61.6	0.98	0.9	4.7	96	2026	Transit
TOI-2194 b	63.8	1.99	4.6	15.3	318	2023	Transit
LHS 1678 d	64.8	0.98	0.9	5.0	190	2024	Transit
LHS 1678 c	64.8	0.94	1.4	3.7	238	2021	Transit
LHS 1678 b	64.8	0.69	0.3	0.9	557	2021	Transit
TOI-260 b	65.8	1.71	4.2	13.5	220	2024	Transit
TOI-6255 b	66.3	1.08	1.4	0.2	983	2024	Transit
GJ 1252 b	66.4	1.19	1.3	0.5	817	2020	Transit
TOI-5789 c	66.7	2.86	5.0	12.9	445	2026	Transit
TOI-6324 b	67.0	1.06	1.2	0.3	943	2025	Transit
K2-415 b	71.2	1.01	7.5	4.0	139	2023	Transit
LTT 3780 b	71.7	1.32	2.5	0.8	630	2020	Transit
LTT 3780 c	71.7	2.39	8.0	12.3	86	2020	Transit
TOI-244 b	71.9	1.52	2.7	7.4	185	2023	Transit
HD 63433 b	73.1	2.14	21.8	7.1	694	2020	Transit
HD 63433 d	73.1	1.07	1.2	4.2	767	2023	Transit
HD 63433 c	73.1	2.69	15.5	20.5	406	2020	Transit
TOI-1450 A c	73.2	1.13	1.5	5.1	260	2024	Transit
TOI-1450 A b	73.2	1.13	1.3	2.0	449	2024	Transit
GJ 3090 b	73.3	2.18	4.5	2.9	450	2022	Transit
TOI-270 b	73.3	1.28	1.5	3.4	327	2019	Transit
TOI-270 c	73.3	2.33	6.2	5.7	216	2019	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.