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
K2-138 b	660.7	1.51	3.1	2.4	884	2017	Transit
K2-138 e	660.7	3.39	13.0	8.3	484	2017	Transit
K2-138 g	660.7	3.01	4.3	42.0	172	2021	Transit
K2-138 f	660.7	2.90	1.6	12.8	380	2017	Transit
Kepler-11 e	2,108.1	4.19	8.0	32.0	309	2010	Transit
Kepler-11 f	2,108.1	2.49	2.0	46.7	240	2010	Transit
Kepler-11 g	2,108.1	3.33	25.0	118.4	103	2010	Transit
Kepler-11 b	2,108.1	1.80	1.9	10.3	576	2010	Transit
Kepler-11 c	2,108.1	2.87	2.9	13.0	513	2010	Transit
Kepler-11 d	2,108.1	3.12	7.3	22.7	380	2010	Transit
Kepler-20 g	921.6	4.71	20.0	34.9	251	2016	Radial Velocity
Kepler-20 d	921.6	2.61	13.4	77.6	157	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 e	921.6	0.82	0.8	6.1	731	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 b	921.6	1.77	9.7	3.7	914	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 c	921.6	2.89	11.1	10.9	555	2011	Transit
Kepler-20 f	921.6	0.95	1.4	19.6	408	2011	Transit
Kepler-80 g	1,205.0	1.13	0.1	14.6	145	2017	Transit
Kepler-80 b	1,205.0	2.67	6.9	7.1	274	2012	Transit
Kepler-80 e	1,205.0	1.60	4.1	4.6	356	2014	Transit
Kepler-80 d	1,205.0	1.53	6.8	3.1	449	2014	Transit
Kepler-80 f	1,205.0	1.21	4,459.7	1.0	781	2016	Transit
Kepler-80 c	1,205.0	2.74	6.7	9.5	222	2012	Transit
TOI-1136 b	275.7	1.90	3.5	4.2	943	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 c	275.7	2.88	6.3	6.3	789	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 f	275.7	3.74	9.7	26.3	385	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 e	275.7	2.64	6.1	18.8	464	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 g	275.7	2.53	5.6	39.5	301	2022	Transit
TOI-1136 d	275.7	4.63	8.3	12.5	570	2022	Transit
TOI-178 e	204.5	2.30	3.5	10.0	327	2021	Transit
TOI-178 f	204.5	2.42	5.6	15.2	248	2021	Transit
TOI-178 c	204.5	1.75	4.6	3.2	600	2021	Transit
TOI-178 d	204.5	2.69	5.2	6.6	417	2021	Transit
TOI-178 b	204.5	1.20	1.0	1.9	767	2021	Transit
TOI-178 g	204.5	2.94	4.4	20.7	197	2021	Transit
GJ 667 C c	23.6	1.77	3.8	28.1	—	2013	Radial Velocity
GJ 667 C e	23.6	1.45	2.7	62.2	—	2013	Radial Velocity
GJ 667 C g	23.6	1.99	4.6	256.2	—	2013	Radial Velocity
GJ 667 C b	23.6	2.25	5.7	7.2	—	2012	Radial Velocity
GJ 667 C f	23.6	1.45	2.7	39.0	—	2013	Radial Velocity
HD 108236 c	210.7	2.07	4.9	6.2	659	2020	Transit
HD 108236 b	210.7	1.61	3.2	3.8	826	2020	Transit
TOI-1233.01	210.7	2.54	7.0	14.2	435	2021	Transit
HD 108236 e	210.7	3.08	9.7	19.6	363	2020	Transit
HD 108236 f	210.7	2.02	4.7	29.5	336	2021	Transit
HD 134606 e	87.4	1.33	2.3	4.3	987	2024	Radial Velocity
HD 134606 c	87.4	3.37	11.3	58.9	254	2024	Radial Velocity
HD 134606 b	87.4	2.97	9.1	12.1	621	2024	Radial Velocity
HD 134606 d	87.4	7.59	44.8	966.5	-65	2024	Radial Velocity
HD 134606 f	87.4	2.24	5.6	26.9	412	2024	Radial Velocity
HD 158259 e	88.2	2.34	6.1	8.0	—	2020	Radial Velocity
HD 158259 b	88.2	1.28	2.2	2.2	1,189	2020	Radial Velocity
HD 158259 c	88.2	2.23	5.6	3.4	—	2020	Radial Velocity
HD 158259 f	88.2	2.35	6.1	12.0	—	2020	Radial Velocity
HD 158259 d	88.2	2.18	5.4	5.2	—	2020	Radial Velocity
HD 20781 d	117.3	3.25	10.6	29.2	297	2019	Radial Velocity
HD 20781 c	117.3	2.17	5.3	13.9	457	2019	Radial Velocity
HD 20781 e	117.3	3.83	14.0	85.5	125	2019	Radial Velocity
HD 20781 b	117.3	1.21	1.9	5.3	733	2019	Radial Velocity
HD 20782 b	117.4	13.60	472.8	597.1	-20	2006	Radial Velocity
HD 23472 e	127.3	0.82	0.7	7.9	450	2022	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.