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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

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

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
YearTransitRadial velocityOther methodsTotal
20262024437283
20251446140245
20241872944260
20232255642323
202219211560367
20214577730564
20201644624234
20191076522194
20182443826308
2017874817152
20161,43258141,504
2015994610155
20148104814872
2013793415128
2012943911144
2011804912141
201046371093
20091866387
200815361162
20071634252
2006521632
2005033336
2004518427
2003021122
2002128029
2001012012
2000016016
1999013013
19980606
19970101
19960606
19950101
19940011
19920022

2026 is a partial year. Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Closest to Earth Most Earth-sized & temperate Largest Smallest Hottest Coldest Most recently discovered Biggest planetary families
Discovery method: All Transit Radial Velocity Microlensing Imaging Transit Timing Variations Eclipse Timing Variations Orbital Brightness Modulation Pulsar Timing
PlanetDistance (ly)Radius (Earths) Mass (Earths)Year (days)Temp (°C)* FoundMethod
TOI-4562 c 1,107.6 12.80 1,833.9 3,990.0 -135 2024 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-201 c 371.2 10.40 4,990.0 2,890.0 -104 2025 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-448 c 1,302.7 12.00 6,992.3 2,500.0 -88 2017 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-539 c 1,002.3 13.30 762.8 1,000.0 -20 2016 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-199 c 333.6 11.40 89.0 273.7 -18 2023 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-725 c 2,473.8 3.08 9.7 207.5 -5 2025 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-1266 d 117.5 1.74 3.7 32.5 15 2025 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-138 e 218.1 0.80 0.4 38.2 19 2022 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-419 c 3,298.6 12.60 2,320.1 675.5 42 2014 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-82 f 2,949.5 4.84 20.9 75.7 150 2019 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-2015 c 154.4 2.93 8.9 5.6 175 2025 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-46 c 2,534.4 13.50 119.5 57.0 182 2012 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-5624 f 332.4 3.66 13.0 45.4 205 2026 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-411 e 501.2 3.28 10.8 31.5 230 2018 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-4504 d 1,117.4 11.26 643.0 41.3 252 2024 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-2202 c 769.5 13.40 117.3 24.7 287 2021 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-19 c 712.9 3.68 13.1 28.7 316 2011 Transit Timing Variations
KOI-984 c 824.1 14.10 209.8 21.5 324 2022 Transit Timing Variations
KOI-142 c 1,229.2 14.00 214.1 22.3 363 2013 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-1232 c 1,071.8 8.88 58.5 30.4 387 2026 Transit Timing Variations
Kepler-160 d 3,056.1 — 100.0 30.0 403 2020 Transit Timing Variations
KOI-134 c 3,780.8 9.86 69.9 34.0 526 2025 Transit Timing Variations
TOI-1408 c 454.9 2.22 7.6 2.2 1,591 2024 Transit Timing Variations

* 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.

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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.