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
K2-133 d	245.2	2.00	4.7	11.0	461	2017	Transit
HR 858 b	104.3	2.00	3.5	3.6	1,279	2019	Transit
Kepler-280 c	2,545.2	2.01	4.7	4.8	815	2014	Transit
Kepler-415 c	1,730.2	2.01	4.7	8.7	270	2014	Transit
Kepler-260 b	2,046.2	2.01	4.7	8.2	509	2014	Transit
TOI-4364 b	143.4	2.01	4.7	5.4	215	2025	Transit
K2-80 b	654.9	2.01	4.7	19.1	393	2016	Transit
Kepler-270 b	3,094.5	2.01	4.7	11.5	711	2014	Transit
TOI-7166 b	115.5	2.01	4.7	12.9	-24	2025	Transit
Kepler-903 b	4,465.9	2.01	4.7	10.4	569	2016	Transit
K2-243 c	870.4	2.01	4.7	24.9	528	2018	Transit
Kepler-1404 b	3,138.2	2.01	4.7	15.9	323	2016	Transit
Kepler-1105 b	1,037.2	2.01	4.7	4.4	456	2016	Transit
Kepler-754 b	5,773.8	2.01	4.7	14.6	485	2016	Transit
HD 108236 f	210.7	2.02	4.7	29.5	336	2021	Transit
TOI-544 b	134.1	2.02	2.9	1.5	726	2022	Transit
pi Men c	59.6	2.02	3.6	6.3	897	2018	Transit
K2-62 b	366.8	2.02	4.7	6.7	393	2016	Transit
Kepler-834 b	2,067.6	2.02	4.7	13.3	105	2016	Transit
Kepler-833 b	1,524.4	2.02	4.7	18.8	109	2016	Transit
Kepler-185 c	1,522.3	2.02	4.7	20.7	257	2014	Transit
DMPP-1 d	204.0	2.02	4.7	3.1	1,359	2019	Radial Velocity
K2-16 b	1,092.5	2.02	4.7	7.6	385	2015	Transit
Kepler-343 c	3,024.1	2.02	4.7	23.2	473	2014	Transit
Kepler-1422 b	8,042.5	2.02	4.7	18.6	560	2016	Transit
K2-343 c	542.0	2.02	4.7	7.7	192	2021	Transit
Kepler-1626 b	4,464.5	2.02	4.7	4.1	1,079	2016	Transit
GJ 2030 b	120.9	2.03	4.8	2.4	1,874	2022	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1155 b	3,681.4	2.03	4.8	33.5	336	2016	Transit
Kepler-195 b	2,126.7	2.03	4.8	8.3	478	2014	Transit
Kepler-761 b	2,709.4	2.03	4.8	10.1	494	2016	Transit
HD 20794 e	19.6	2.03	4.8	147.0	79	2017	Radial Velocity
K2-117 b	331.5	2.03	4.8	1.3	595	2017	Transit
K2-342 b	679.6	2.03	4.8	11.6	588	2021	Transit
Kepler-37 d	208.5	2.03	2.0	39.8	226	2013	Transit
Kepler-1705 b	5,327.7	2.03	4.5	9.0	516	2021	Transit
K2-229 c	334.5	2.03	7.0	8.3	477	2018	Transit
K2-84 c	929.1	2.03	4.8	27.9	352	2016	Transit
Kepler-1461 b	2,214.9	2.03	4.8	29.3	178	2016	Transit
Kepler-1268 b	6,003.8	2.03	4.8	41.0	354	2016	Transit
K2-175 b	806.5	2.04	4.8	9.5	—	2018	Transit
Kepler-324 e	1,635.9	2.04	235.0	14.0	362	2021	Transit
Kepler-845 b	1,405.9	2.04	4.8	0.9	1,088	2016	Transit
Kepler-48 d	1,000.4	2.04	7.9	42.9	175	2014	Transit
MOA-2022-BLG-249L b	6,523.1	2.04	4.8	—	—	2023	Microlensing
Kepler-1122 b	4,013.1	2.04	4.8	42.2	253	2016	Transit
K2-389 c	845.4	2.04	4.8	20.9	—	2022	Transit
HD 20794 d	19.6	2.04	4.8	89.7	115	2011	Radial Velocity
Kepler-365 b	3,388.7	2.04	4.8	10.7	592	2014	Transit
TOI-2081 b	203.3	2.04	4.8	10.5	215	2022	Transit
Kepler-230 c	2,416.0	2.04	4.8	91.8	86	2014	Transit
Wolf 503 b	145.2	2.04	6.3	6.0	517	2018	Transit
LHS 1903 c	116.4	2.05	4.5	6.2	286	2026	Transit
TOI-776 c	88.6	2.05	6.9	15.7	147	2020	Transit
TOI-712 b	191.2	2.05	4.8	9.5	377	2022	Transit
K2-146 b	258.6	2.05	5.8	2.6	261	2018	Transit
Kepler-337 c	2,211.3	2.05	4.9	9.7	744	2014	Transit
Kepler-235 d	1,396.0	2.05	4.9	20.1	128	2014	Transit
K2-46 b	1,465.2	2.05	4.9	19.2	616	2016	Transit
Kepler-136 b	1,372.5	2.05	19.8	11.6	678	2014	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.