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-37 b	208.5	0.31	0.8	13.4	445	2013	Transit
Kepler-37 e	208.5	0.37	8.1	51.2	128	2014	Transit
Kepler-879 c	2,618.0	0.40	0.0	0.6	—	2024	Transit
Kepler-444 b	118.8	0.40	0.0	3.6	665	2015	Transit
Kepler-158 d	1,028.0	0.43	0.0	0.6	—	2024	Transit
Kepler-102 b	351.6	0.46	1.1	5.3	584	2014	Transit
Kepler-444 c	118.8	0.50	0.1	4.5	595	2015	Transit
KOI-4777.01	561.8	0.51	99.2	0.4	907	2022	Transit
Kepler-1994 b	789.3	0.51	0.1	4.6	759	2023	Transit
Kepler-1489 c	4,184.7	0.51	0.1	0.7	—	2024	Transit
Kepler-1308 b	367.6	0.52	0.1	2.1	389	2016	Transit
Kepler-444 d	118.8	0.53	0.2	6.2	510	2015	Transit
Kepler-62 c	981.3	0.54	4.0	12.4	305	2013	Transit
Kepler-444 e	118.8	0.55	0.1	7.7	454	2015	Transit
GJ 238 b	49.6	0.57	0.1	1.7	485	2024	Transit
Kepler-102 c	351.6	0.57	1.7	7.1	504	2014	Transit
Kepler-42 d	130.7	0.57	0.4	1.9	177	2011	Transit
Kepler-963 c	2,516.3	0.60	0.2	0.9	—	2024	Transit
Kepler-1583 b	1,317.5	0.60	0.2	9.3	515	2016	Transit
Kepler-1998 b	1,112.1	0.60	0.2	3.0	914	2023	Transit
Kepler-1087 b	1,182.7	0.61	0.2	0.7	1,888	2016	Transit
KOI-1843.03	438.1	0.61	8.0	0.2	1,381	2013	Transit
K2-89 b	280.6	0.61	0.2	1.1	557	2016	Transit
Kepler-1877 b	930.6	0.62	0.2	2.4	1,005	2021	Transit
Kepler-1371 c	1,680.8	0.64	0.2	2.0	943	2016	Transit
K2-137 b	322.5	0.64	158.9	0.2	1,198	2017	Transit
Kepler-138 b	218.1	0.64	0.1	10.3	179	2014	Transit
Kepler-1130 d	813.2	0.64	0.2	4.3	708	2021	Transit
Kepler-1542 c	1,301.7	0.65	0.2	2.9	1,014	2016	Transit
Kepler-1351 b	661.4	0.65	0.2	0.9	939	2016	Transit
Kepler-271 d	1,319.4	0.66	0.2	5.2	681	2016	Transit
Kepler-431 c	1,586.9	0.67	0.2	8.7	678	2015	Transit
Kepler-1558 b	1,062.4	0.68	0.2	3.5	746	2016	Transit
LHS 1678 b	64.8	0.69	0.3	0.9	557	2021	Transit
Kepler-141 b	982.3	0.69	0.3	3.1	695	2014	Transit
K2-116 b	161.1	0.69	0.3	4.7	510	2017	Transit
EPIC 201497682 b	825.3	0.69	0.3	2.1	—	2019	Transit
KOI-4978 b	3,053.9	0.70	0.3	0.9	—	2024	Transit
Kepler-1349 b	901.2	0.70	0.3	2.1	1,395	2016	Transit
Kepler-378 c	496.1	0.70	0.3	28.9	141	2014	Transit
K2-266 c	253.0	0.70	0.3	7.8	391	2018	Transit
Kepler-1339 b	1,210.2	0.71	0.3	1.3	1,369	2016	Transit
Kepler-1559 b	2,005.3	0.72	0.3	1.0	1,336	2016	Transit
Kepler-1850 b	816.0	0.73	0.3	1.4	735	2021	Transit
Kepler-1371 b	1,680.8	0.73	0.3	3.4	742	2016	Transit
Kepler-124 b	1,370.0	0.73	0.3	3.4	619	2014	Transit
Kepler-42 c	130.7	0.73	60.3	0.5	447	2011	Transit
Kepler-1967 b	812.5	0.73	0.3	7.3	813	2021	Transit
GJ 367 b	30.7	0.74	0.5	0.3	1,056	2021	Transit
Kepler-1869 c	368.6	0.74	0.3	1.7	1,182	2023	Transit
Kepler-125 c	598.1	0.74	0.3	5.8	256	2014	Transit
Kepler-345 b	848.0	0.74	0.5	7.4	349	2014	Transit
Kepler-444 f	118.8	0.74	0.3	9.7	400	2015	Transit
Kepler-1963 b	1,607.5	0.74	0.3	2.0	1,175	2021	Transit
HD 23472 d	127.3	0.75	0.6	4.0	636	2022	Transit
Kepler-1563 b	2,011.4	0.75	0.3	3.4	861	2016	Transit
Kepler-378 b	496.1	0.75	0.3	16.1	230	2014	Transit
Kepler-1864 b	974.9	0.75	0.4	3.9	883	2021	Transit
Kepler-37 c	208.5	0.76	1.3	21.3	342	2013	Transit
TRAPPIST-1 h	40.5	0.76	0.3	18.8	-101	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.