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-1565 b	2,054.6	1.19	1.8	1.5	961	2016	Transit
Kepler-696 b	4,619.8	6.14	31.3	4.2	961	2016	Transit
WASP-37 b	1,281.1	13.00	572.1	3.6	959	2010	Transit
TOI-3664 b	1,515.8	13.70	114.4	3.3	959	2026	Transit
Kepler-824 b	3,918.4	1.87	4.2	4.5	958	2016	Transit
Kepler-1894 b	3,050.2	1.20	1.9	2.8	958	2021	Transit
XO-5 b	900.9	12.78	378.2	4.2	957	2008	Transit
K2-290 b	890.1	3.06	10.9	9.2	957	2019	Transit
Kepler-872 b	2,869.1	1.99	4.6	2.6	957	2016	Transit
K2-198 c	360.6	1.42	2.6	3.4	957	2019	Transit
HD 1397 b	259.5	11.50	131.9	11.5	955	2018	Transit
Kepler-1640 b	6,065.8	4.82	20.7	7.6	955	2016	Transit
HATS-61 b	2,217.1	13.39	1,080.6	7.8	953	2018	Transit
TOI-2669 b	1,283.2	19.73	193.9	6.2	953	2022	Transit
Kepler-487 d	2,845.2	2.78	8.1	2.4	953	2021	Transit
Kepler-1433 b	4,331.4	1.56	3.0	4.1	953	2016	Transit
CoRoT-29 b	2,630.5	10.09	270.2	2.9	952	2015	Transit
Kepler-1569 b	3,083.7	1.68	3.5	5.8	949	2016	Transit
HD 46375 b	96.4	10.00	71.8	3.0	948	2000	Radial Velocity
TOI-2005 b	1,071.3	11.99	2,034.1	17.3	948	2025	Transit
Kepler-708 b	4,547.3	2.93	8.9	3.2	948	2016	Transit
K2-167 b	263.9	2.37	6.5	10.0	947	2018	Transit
Kepler-1344 b	2,785.2	1.84	4.0	4.8	946	2016	Transit
Kepler-670 b	3,065.0	13.18	—	2.8	946	2016	Transit
Kepler-730 b	6,311.2	12.33	—	6.5	946	2016	Transit
HAT-P-52 b	1,177.9	11.31	260.0	2.8	945	2015	Transit
Kepler-912 b	6,538.5	2.80	8.2	2.5	945	2016	Transit
Kepler-881 b	4,485.2	1.78	3.8	4.4	944	2016	Transit
Kepler-1028 b	1,982.8	1.33	2.3	2.5	944	2016	Transit
Kepler-502 b	5,189.3	4.77	20.4	4.3	944	2016	Transit
WASP-25 b	689.5	13.81	179.3	3.8	944	2010	Transit
TOI-1136 b	275.7	1.90	3.5	4.2	943	2022	Transit
Kepler-1371 c	1,680.8	0.64	0.2	2.0	943	2016	Transit
WASP-56 b	1,047.2	10.54	143.0	4.6	943	2012	Transit
TOI-6324 b	67.0	1.06	1.2	0.3	943	2025	Transit
Kepler-1972 c	937.2	0.87	2.1	11.3	942	2022	Transit
Kepler-821 b	2,004.5	1.31	2.3	1.9	942	2016	Transit
Kepler-1328 b	2,653.4	0.98	0.9	4.5	941	2016	Transit
V830 Tau b	424.4	14.00	222.5	4.9	941	2016	Radial Velocity
K2-308 b	4,287.4	9.92	70.6	3.4	941	2019	Transit
Gaia-2 b	682.4	14.82	259.7	3.7	940	2022	Transit
TOI-329 b	927.5	4.94	40.4	5.7	940	2024	Transit
Kepler-119 b	2,289.6	3.60	12.6	2.4	940	2014	Transit
TOI-6420 b	2,070.2	11.94	2,606.2	7.0	940	2025	Transit
Kepler-1278 b	2,900.9	1.01	1.0	3.2	940	2016	Transit
HD 93963 A c	268.6	3.12	18.4	3.6	939	2022	Transit
HD 2638 b	179.3	14.30	133.5	3.4	939	2005	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1351 b	661.4	0.65	0.2	0.9	939	2016	Transit
Kepler-1905 b	3,429.6	1.45	2.7	3.4	939	2021	Transit
HATS-29 b	1,154.2	14.02	207.5	4.6	939	2016	Transit
Kepler-58 e	3,161.3	1.61	597.8	4.5	939	2023	Transit
Kepler-731 b	4,100.3	13.88	—	3.9	939	2016	Transit
Kepler-291 b	5,826.7	2.16	5.3	3.5	939	2014	Transit
Kepler-1488 c	2,954.4	1.65	3.4	6.2	939	2021	Transit
Kepler-1714 b	1,335.5	3.26	10.7	10.3	938	2021	Transit
TOI-1273 b	577.7	11.10	70.6	4.6	938	2024	Transit
Kepler-1163 b	1,561.1	1.03	1.1	6.1	938	2016	Transit
K2-44 b	1,554.8	2.43	6.5	5.7	938	2016	Transit
TOI-1117 c	546.6	2.91	8.8	4.6	937	2025	Radial Velocity
Kepler-497 b	4,213.9	6.04	30.4	3.6	937	2016	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.