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
HD 2952 b	359.1	13.90	284.8	312.1	458	2013	Radial Velocity
TOI-1438 b	360.4	3.04	9.4	5.1	698	2025	Transit
TOI-1438 c	360.4	2.75	10.6	9.4	521	2025	Transit
K2-31 b	360.5	11.88	563.8	1.3	1,415	2016	Transit
K2-88 b	360.6	1.23	2.0	4.6	191	2016	Transit
K2-198 c	360.6	1.42	2.6	3.4	957	2019	Transit
K2-198 b	360.6	4.19	16.3	17.0	443	2018	Transit
K2-198 d	360.6	2.44	6.5	7.5	670	2019	Transit
TOI-4662 b	362.2	2.88	8.7	4.7	468	2026	Transit
TOI-125 b	362.2	2.73	9.5	4.7	764	2019	Transit
TOI-125 c	362.2	2.76	6.6	9.2	555	2019	Transit
TOI-125 d	362.2	2.93	13.6	20.0	365	2020	Transit
HD 99283 b	362.3	13.80	308.3	310.4	486	2021	Radial Velocity
HD 212771 b	362.5	13.30	759.6	380.7	235	2009	Radial Velocity
TOI-1669 b	362.9	14.10	191.0	500.0	-31	2023	Radial Velocity
TOI-1669 c	362.9	2.30	13.0	2.7	1,012	2024	Transit
TOI-1691 b	363.5	3.66	14.6	16.7	430	2024	Transit
HD 360 b	363.8	14.00	238.4	273.1	493	2021	Radial Velocity
K2-325 b	364.1	2.20	5.5	6.9	150	2020	Transit
HD 171028 b	364.2	13.20	832.7	550.0	101	2007	Radial Velocity
HD 139357 b	365.6	12.10	6,315.6	1,124.8	174	2008	Radial Velocity
SR 12 AB c	366.3	12.30	4,131.6	—	—	2010	Imaging
K2-62 c	366.8	1.99	4.6	16.2	222	2016	Transit
K2-62 b	366.8	2.02	4.7	6.7	393	2016	Transit
K2-316 b	366.9	1.33	2.3	1.1	568	2020	Transit
K2-316 c	366.9	1.83	4.0	5.3	150	2020	Transit
tau Gem b	367.0	12.10	6,547.0	305.5	740	2013	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1308 b	367.6	0.52	0.1	2.1	389	2016	Transit
TOI-3714 b	367.6	11.32	222.5	2.2	477	2022	Transit
TOI-2458 c	368.4	3.18	10.2	16.6	650	2024	Radial Velocity
TOI-2458 b	368.4	2.83	13.3	3.7	1,236	2024	Transit
Kepler-1869 b	368.6	1.12	1.5	8.2	592	2021	Transit
Kepler-1869 c	368.6	0.74	0.3	1.7	1,182	2023	Transit
TOI-3082 b	368.7	3.66	13.0	1.9	760	2023	Transit
PDS 70 b	368.8	21.97	1,017.1	43,500.0	1,119	2018	Imaging
PDS 70 c	368.8	22.19	2,383.7	—	781	2019	Imaging
K2-277 b	369.0	2.19	7.4	6.3	776	2018	Transit
TOI-1798.01	369.1	2.45	6.5	8.0	461	2024	Transit
TOI-1798.02	369.1	1.46	5.6	0.4	1,663	2024	Transit
TOI-1751 b	369.6	2.95	19.5	37.5	378	2024	Transit
TOI-209 b	369.8	2.39	6.3	4.4	573	2026	Transit
TOI-426 b	370.5	2.19	6.7	1.3	1,517	2026	Transit
TOI-426 c	370.5	13.60	444.0	235.8	46	2026	Radial Velocity
HD 169142 b	370.5	13.10	953.5	—	-202	2023	Imaging
HD 98219 b	370.9	13.40	624.2	433.8	181	2011	Radial Velocity
TOI-201 c	371.2	10.40	4,990.0	2,890.0	-104	2025	Transit Timing Variations
TOI-201 d	371.2	1.39	5.8	5.8	964	2026	Transit
TOI-201 b	371.2	11.40	164.0	53.0	486	2021	Transit
TOI-5938 b	371.9	3.82	14.0	2.3	804	2026	Transit
TOI-1135 b	372.0	9.92	58.8	8.0	898	2024	Transit
HD 111591 b	372.4	12.90	1,398.5	1,056.4	149	2017	Radial Velocity
WASP-166 b	372.4	7.06	32.1	5.4	997	2019	Transit
TOI-5777 b	372.7	3.10	9.8	6.9	329	2026	Transit
K2-292 b	372.8	2.63	24.5	17.0	522	2019	Transit
TOI-1744.01	373.1	2.68	7.7	22.3	325	2024	Transit
TOI-929 b	373.2	2.69	7.7	5.8	501	2026	Transit
TOI-261.02	373.4	3.35	11.2	13.0	734	2021	Transit
TOI-261.01	373.4	3.04	9.5	3.4	1,449	2021	Transit
TOI-2084 b	373.6	2.47	6.7	6.1	254	2023	Transit
TIC 390586021 b	373.6	2.86	8.6	2.7	—	2026	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.