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
rho CrB e	57.0	1.75	3.7	12.9	732	2023	Radial Velocity
Kepler-124 c	1,370.0	1.75	3.7	13.8	287	2014	Transit
Kepler-215 e	1,585.1	1.75	3.7	68.2	132	2014	Transit
Kepler-122 f	3,351.1	1.75	36.0	56.3	270	2014	Transit
TOI-178 c	204.5	1.75	4.6	3.2	600	2021	Transit
TOI-1634 b	115.0	1.76	4.9	1.0	627	2021	Transit
TOI-5799 c	90.7	1.76	3.8	14.0	64	2025	Transit
Kepler-916 b	2,709.4	1.76	3.8	32.3	230	2016	Transit
Kepler-1062 b	1,296.3	1.76	3.8	9.3	310	2016	Transit
Kepler-755 b	1,301.5	1.76	3.8	1.3	1,058	2016	Transit
G 264-012 c	52.2	1.76	3.8	8.1	114	2021	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1814 c	2,369.0	1.76	3.8	0.6	1,438	2023	Transit
Kepler-133 b	2,131.8	1.76	3.8	8.1	768	2014	Transit
Kepler-1313 b	568.3	1.76	3.8	3.8	739	2016	Transit
Kepler-888 b	1,372.5	1.76	3.8	70.7	144	2016	Transit
Kepler-1846 b	1,221.8	1.76	3.8	14.8	279	2021	Transit
TOI-4363 b	253.7	1.77	3.8	2.1	612	2026	Transit
Kepler-1489 b	4,184.7	1.77	3.8	82.3	127	2016	Transit
Kepler-294 b	4,426.0	1.77	3.8	3.7	814	2014	Transit
TOI-4529 b	92.6	1.77	4.9	5.9	238	2026	Transit
Kepler-904 b	3,190.2	1.77	3.8	3.0	1,059	2016	Transit
HD 15337 b	146.2	1.77	6.5	4.8	728	2019	Transit
Kepler-822 b	2,806.2	1.77	3.8	3.2	966	2016	Transit
Kepler-1389 b	1,621.3	1.77	3.8	99.3	27	2016	Transit
Kepler-1189 b	2,553.3	1.77	3.8	3.8	885	2016	Transit
TOI-2285 b	138.3	1.77	19.5	13.6	85	2021	Transit
Kepler-286 e	4,001.4	1.77	3.8	29.2	266	2014	Transit
Kepler-321 b	1,254.2	1.77	3.8	4.9	769	2014	Transit
Kepler-1465 b	1,172.5	1.77	3.8	31.8	395	2016	Transit
Kepler-82 d	2,949.5	1.77	885.1	2.4	980	2014	Transit
Kepler-1260 b	5,656.9	1.77	3.8	19.1	550	2016	Transit
TOI-5713 b	133.3	1.77	3.8	10.4	74	2024	Transit
Kepler-206 c	1,938.8	1.77	3.8	13.1	552	2014	Transit
Kepler-215 c	1,585.1	1.77	3.8	14.7	402	2014	Transit
Kepler-270 c	3,094.5	1.77	3.8	25.3	483	2014	Transit
TOI-2267 d	73.5	1.77	3.8	2.0	149	2025	Transit
GJ 667 C c	23.6	1.77	3.8	28.1	—	2013	Radial Velocity
Kepler-20 b	921.6	1.77	9.7	3.7	914	2011	Transit
TOI-4561 b	583.8	1.78	3.8	8.9	517	2026	Transit
Kepler-85 b	2,495.2	1.78	1.8	8.3	536	2012	Transit
Kepler-1410 b	1,197.0	1.78	3.8	60.9	17	2016	Transit
Kepler-883 b	2,046.5	1.78	3.8	13.0	545	2016	Transit
Kepler-881 b	4,485.2	1.78	3.8	4.4	944	2016	Transit
Kepler-1645 b	3,921.9	1.78	3.8	16.2	481	2016	Transit
Kepler-1003 b	3,072.1	1.78	3.8	3.6	884	2016	Transit
Kepler-850 b	5,418.4	1.78	3.8	7.2	722	2016	Transit
Kepler-371 c	2,652.3	1.78	3.8	68.0	170	2014	Transit
Kepler-1544 b	1,092.9	1.78	3.8	168.8	-4	2016	Transit
GJ 676 A d	52.3	1.78	3.8	3.6	484	2012	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1964 b	—	1.78	3.8	2.4	713	2021	Transit
Kepler-366 c	6,054.4	1.79	3.9	12.5	575	2014	Transit
Kepler-1585 b	3,080.4	1.79	3.9	3.6	791	2016	Transit
Kepler-768 b	2,558.9	1.79	3.9	11.4	345	2016	Transit
Kepler-376 c	3,010.6	1.79	3.9	14.2	600	2014	Transit
Kepler-769 c	3,814.6	1.79	3.9	16.0	530	2016	Transit
Kepler-272 c	2,901.5	1.79	97.8	6.1	674	2014	Transit
K2-104 b	617.4	1.79	3.9	2.0	525	2016	Transit
Kepler-204 c	2,239.8	1.79	3.9	25.7	410	2014	Transit
GJ 251 b	18.2	1.79	3.9	14.2	63	2020	Radial Velocity
K2-331 b	689.6	1.79	3.9	9.4	636	2021	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.