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
Kepler-454 b	753.0	2.37	5.4	10.6	643	2015	Transit
TOI-5630 b	437.2	2.37	6.2	3.2	1,268	2026	Transit
TOI-654.01	188.4	2.38	8.7	1.5	521	2024	Transit
Kepler-1788 b	1,827.9	2.38	6.2	2.8	683	2021	Transit
Kepler-159 b	1,219.0	2.38	6.3	10.1	174	2014	Transit
Kepler-1060 b	3,087.3	2.38	6.3	46.9	211	2016	Transit
Kepler-1071 b	3,399.4	2.38	6.3	6.2	541	2016	Transit
Kepler-189 c	1,929.3	2.38	22.7	20.1	271	2014	Transit
GJ 1289 b	27.2	2.38	6.3	111.7	-123	2024	Radial Velocity
Kepler-166 c	1,968.4	2.38	6.3	34.3	195	2014	Transit
Kepler-639 b	2,773.1	2.38	6.3	10.2	684	2016	Transit
Kepler-1249 b	6,211.8	2.38	6.3	24.3	374	2016	Transit
Kepler-1781 b	3,139.7	2.38	6.3	4.9	730	2021	Transit
Kepler-1824 b	3,392.3	2.38	6.3	95.6	148	2021	Transit
Kepler-1872 b	2,740.3	2.38	6.3	3.8	732	2021	Transit
TOI-1230.01	466.9	2.39	6.3	25.1	773	2021	Transit
Kepler-1849 b	2,060.9	2.39	6.3	57.3	82	2021	Transit
HD 110067 c	104.9	2.39	6.3	13.7	426	2023	Transit
Kepler-193 b	3,291.2	2.39	6.3	11.4	706	2014	Transit
Kepler-1014 b	2,037.8	2.39	6.3	16.6	341	2016	Transit
Kepler-152 c	1,438.6	2.39	6.3	88.3	53	2014	Transit
Kepler-897 b	4,955.1	2.39	6.3	8.0	582	2016	Transit
Kepler-592 b	3,761.0	2.39	6.3	2.8	1,094	2016	Transit
TOI-1184 b	191.1	2.39	6.8	5.7	442	2024	Transit
Kepler-614 b	1,722.1	2.39	6.3	14.0	368	2016	Transit
Kepler-215 d	1,585.1	2.39	23.6	30.9	254	2014	Transit
HD 73583 c	103.0	2.39	9.7	18.9	225	2022	Transit
LTT 3780 c	71.7	2.39	8.0	12.3	86	2020	Transit
Kepler-574 b	2,227.3	2.39	6.3	7.7	585	2016	Transit
Kepler-575 b	2,785.3	2.39	6.3	9.4	530	2016	Transit
K2-138 d	660.7	2.39	7.9	5.4	615	2017	Transit
Kepler-238 c	5,866.7	2.39	152.5	6.2	873	2014	Transit
TOI-1346 b	376.5	2.39	6.3	1.8	1,051	2025	Transit
K2-185 c	875.3	2.39	6.3	52.7	204	2018	Transit
Kepler-798 b	3,171.1	2.39	6.3	13.7	591	2016	Transit
TIC 356227008 b	1,264.2	2.39	6.3	3.0	—	2026	Transit
TOI-209 b	369.8	2.39	6.3	4.4	573	2026	Transit
TOI-5160 b	494.0	2.40	6.3	4.3	743	2026	Transit
HD 224018 d	344.0	2.40	4.2	138.1	138	2025	Transit
Kepler-194 d	3,581.1	2.40	6.3	52.8	289	2014	Transit
K2-187 d	1,079.3	2.40	6.3	7.1	592	2018	Transit
Kepler-666 b	4,920.7	2.40	6.3	4.5	860	2016	Transit
Kepler-864 b	6,597.8	2.40	6.3	5.8	870	2016	Transit
HIP 113103 c	150.7	2.40	6.3	14.2	312	2023	Transit
TOI-4438 b	98.0	2.40	4.1	7.4	173	2024	Transit
Kepler-1321 c	2,508.6	2.40	6.3	2.2	424	2016	Transit
KIC 8540376 c	3,497.4	2.40	6.3	75.2	—	2015	Transit
Kepler-129 b	1,333.5	2.40	20.0	15.8	637	2014	Transit
Kepler-112 c	1,673.9	2.40	6.3	28.6	265	2014	Transit
Kepler-411 b	501.2	2.40	25.6	3.0	865	2013	Transit
TOI-1269 b	561.4	2.40	6.4	4.3	732	2024	Transit
TOI-7155 b	472.1	2.41	6.4	3.9	641	2026	Transit
GJ 180 c	38.9	2.41	6.4	24.3	18	2014	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1337 b	1,962.2	2.41	6.4	24.4	164	2016	Transit
TOI-1260 b	240.0	2.41	8.6	3.1	598	2021	Transit
Kepler-1170 b	3,426.1	2.41	6.4	10.0	432	2016	Transit
KMT-2017-BLG-0849L b	23,548.5	2.41	6.4	—	—	2024	Microlensing
OGLE-2018-BLG-0383L b	25,114.0	2.41	6.4	—	—	2022	Microlensing
K2-84 b	929.1	2.41	6.4	6.4	746	2016	Transit
K2-8 c	1,316.1	2.41	6.4	5.1	528	2016	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.