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
WASP-45 b	688.8	10.60	306.4	3.1	880	2011	Transit
WASP-94 A b	688.9	17.71	158.9	4.0	1,331	2014	Transit
TOI-2379 b	689.0	11.72	1,830.7	5.5	351	2024	Transit
K2-226 b	689.1	1.54	3.0	3.3	914	2018	Transit
WASP-25 b	689.5	13.81	179.3	3.8	944	2010	Transit
K2-331 b	689.6	1.79	3.9	9.4	636	2021	Transit
K2-331 c	689.6	2.72	7.8	23.0	400	2021	Transit
HAT-P-8 b	690.0	15.69	406.8	3.1	1,440	2008	Transit
WASP-149 b	690.6	15.24	315.0	1.3	1,582	2025	Transit
WASP-20 b	691.0	15.47	98.8	4.9	1,089	2015	Transit
HATS-37 A b	691.1	6.79	31.5	4.3	812	2020	Transit
TOI-6651 b	691.9	5.09	61.0	5.1	1,220	2024	Transit
WASP-139 b	693.0	8.97	37.2	5.9	637	2016	Transit
K2-244 b	694.4	1.75	3.7	21.1	365	2018	Transit
XO-3 b	694.9	14.80	4,217.6	3.2	1,617	2007	Transit
TOI-4961 b	695.0	12.34	572.1	7.5	646	2025	Transit
Kepler-1655 b	695.6	2.21	5.4	11.9	665	2018	Transit
CoRoT-2 b	695.6	16.43	1,102.8	1.7	1,248	2008	Transit
K2-261 b	695.6	9.27	69.0	11.6	763	2018	Transit
TOI-4156 c	697.1	2.92	8.9	12.8	536	2026	Transit
TOI-4156 b	697.1	2.54	7.0	4.5	1,016	2026	Transit
Qatar-9 b	697.2	11.31	378.2	1.5	861	2019	Transit
WASP-39 b	697.9	14.34	89.3	4.1	893	2011	Transit
HAT-P-30 b	697.9	16.14	263.8	2.8	1,357	2011	Transit
Kepler-369 c	698.0	1.41	2.6	14.9	118	2014	Transit
Kepler-369 b	698.0	1.13	1.5	2.7	414	2014	Transit
K2-178 b	700.4	3.56	12.4	8.7	567	2018	Transit
TOI-938 b	701.3	4.82	20.8	8.8	800	2026	Transit
Kepler-1152 b	702.0	0.87	0.6	1.6	533	2016	Transit
TrES-2 b	702.3	15.24	473.6	2.5	1,193	2006	Transit
WASP-154 b	702.9	10.76	199.0	3.8	721	2025	Transit
Kepler-954 b	703.9	2.32	6.0	16.8	272	2016	Transit
TOI-4551 b	704.5	11.86	473.6	10.0	1,382	2023	Transit
TOI-4600 c	704.7	9.42	2,946.3	482.8	-82	2023	Transit
TOI-4600 b	704.7	6.80	959.8	82.7	74	2023	Transit
Kepler-942 b	705.7	2.13	5.2	45.0	106	2016	Transit
WASP-126 b	706.2	10.51	90.3	3.3	1,207	2016	Transit
TIC 52059926 b	706.4	10.71	5,380.0	175.5	-44	2026	Transit
TIC 434398831 b	707.8	3.51	12.1	3.7	977	2025	Transit
TIC 434398831 c	707.8	5.63	27.0	6.2	777	2025	Transit
HD 102329 c	708.1	13.50	483.1	1,123.0	—	2016	Radial Velocity
HD 102329 b	708.1	12.60	2,593.5	778.1	260	2011	Radial Velocity
TOI-3331 A b	708.4	12.98	721.5	2.0	1,215	2022	Transit
KELT-4 A b	711.2	19.04	286.7	3.0	1,550	2016	Transit
NGTS-1 b	711.4	14.91	258.1	2.6	517	2017	Transit
K2-407 b	712.2	1.28	2.2	4.9	—	2022	Transit
K2-407 c	712.2	1.36	2.4	9.2	—	2022	Transit
Kepler-19 d	712.9	5.06	22.5	63.0	—	2017	Radial Velocity
Kepler-19 b	712.9	2.21	6.1	9.3	578	2011	Transit
Kepler-19 c	712.9	3.68	13.1	28.7	316	2011	Transit Timing Variations
HD 5583 b	715.0	12.80	1,837.1	139.3	691	2016	Radial Velocity
TOI-2364 b	716.3	8.61	71.5	4.0	818	2023	Transit
TOI-6130 b	720.4	14.35	333.7	2.4	1,477	2024	Transit
Kepler-1761 b	721.4	1.39	2.5	4.0	340	2021	Transit
Kepler-1805 b	722.9	1.55	3.0	8.8	206	2021	Transit
TOI-3135 b	723.0	13.65	327.4	3.7	1,019	2025	Transit
K2-192 b	723.3	1.52	2.9	4.2	666	2018	Transit
Kepler-543 b	723.4	2.50	6.8	13.9	248	2016	Transit
Kepler-1698 b	725.2	1.07	1.2	1.2	1,078	2020	Transit
WASP-70 A b	725.2	13.05	187.5	3.7	1,114	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.