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-24 c	3,773.0	2.51	10.0	12.3	642	2011	Transit
TOI-561 e	279.8	2.52	12.4	77.1	143	2020	Transit
Kepler-1792 b	1,960.3	2.52	6.9	4.2	774	2021	Transit
Kepler-1350 b	1,111.2	2.52	6.9	4.5	262	2016	Transit
HD 238090 b	49.7	2.52	6.9	13.7	196	2020	Radial Velocity
TOI-1266 b	117.5	2.52	4.5	10.9	142	2020	Transit
Kepler-129 c	1,333.5	2.52	43.0	82.2	252	2014	Transit
Kepler-748 b	5,564.2	2.52	6.9	7.4	665	2016	Transit
Kepler-361 c	3,034.3	2.52	6.9	55.2	295	2014	Transit
TOI-1749 d	324.7	2.52	15.0	9.0	260	2021	Transit
HIP 8152 c	331.7	2.52	10.7	19.6	378	2023	Transit
HD 15337 c	146.2	2.53	6.8	17.2	383	2019	Transit
TOI-5605 b	310.1	2.53	6.9	5.9	396	2026	Transit
TOI-5532 b	296.8	2.53	6.9	5.7	344	2026	Transit
K2-404 b	396.7	2.53	6.9	13.1	—	2022	Transit
Kepler-105 b	1,497.8	2.53	10.8	5.4	1,145	2013	Transit
Kepler-114 d	846.5	2.53	3.9	11.8	173	2013	Transit
Kepler-903 c	4,465.9	2.53	6.9	62.9	189	2016	Transit
Kepler-340 b	2,637.8	2.53	6.9	14.8	819	2014	Transit
Kepler-153 c	1,498.3	2.53	6.9	46.9	185	2014	Transit
Kepler-204 b	2,239.8	2.53	6.9	14.4	555	2014	Transit
Kepler-727 b	2,713.1	2.53	6.9	5.2	691	2016	Transit
Kepler-313 b	3,520.5	2.53	6.9	15.0	610	2014	Transit
TOI-1136 g	275.7	2.53	5.6	39.5	301	2022	Transit
Kepler-896 b	7,615.5	2.53	6.9	144.5	30	2016	Transit
K2-119 b	1,192.4	2.53	6.9	7.7	393	2017	Transit
TOI-700 c	101.5	2.54	7.0	16.1	83	2020	Transit
HIP 8152 b	331.7	2.54	8.9	10.8	522	2023	Transit
TOI-4156 b	697.1	2.54	7.0	4.5	1,016	2026	Transit
TOI-1233.01	210.7	2.54	7.0	14.2	435	2021	Transit
HD 35843 c	227.0	2.54	11.3	47.0	206	2025	Transit
K2-242 b	356.3	2.54	7.0	6.5	143	2018	Transit
Kepler-852 b	5,280.6	2.54	7.0	44.9	292	2016	Transit
Kepler-325 c	2,685.1	2.54	7.0	12.8	448	2014	Transit
K2-351 b	2,265.9	2.54	7.0	7.8	661	2021	Transit
Kapteyn c	12.8	2.54	7.0	121.5	-108	2014	Radial Velocity
KMT-2024-BLG-2059L b	19,797.7	2.54	7.0	—	—	2025	Microlensing
HD 189567 c	58.4	2.54	7.0	33.7	361	2021	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1116 b	3,289.5	2.54	7.0	41.7	215	2016	Transit
TOI-1648 b	227.8	2.54	7.4	7.3	526	2025	Transit
Kepler-991 b	1,270.6	2.54	7.0	82.5	-13	2016	Transit
Kepler-902 b	3,800.8	2.54	7.0	40.1	283	2016	Transit
K2-16 c	1,092.5	2.54	7.0	19.1	212	2015	Transit
K2-118 b	1,049.3	2.54	7.0	50.9	121	2017	Transit
HD 25463 b	148.8	2.55	8.7	7.0	925	2023	Transit
TOI-5082.01	140.7	2.55	7.0	4.2	892	2024	Transit
Kepler-1211 b	5,957.3	2.55	7.0	11.0	567	2016	Transit
Kepler-1043 b	2,946.3	2.55	7.0	38.5	259	2016	Transit
Kepler-29 b	2,715.4	2.55	5.0	10.3	504	2011	Transit
Kepler-577 b	1,709.9	2.55	7.0	25.7	41	2016	Transit
Kepler-268 b	2,778.4	2.55	7.0	25.9	422	2014	Transit
Kepler-1535 b	2,928.0	2.55	7.0	138.9	111	2016	Transit
Kepler-156 c	1,446.4	2.55	7.0	15.9	315	2014	Transit
K2-241 b	487.5	2.55	7.0	26.8	234	2018	Transit
Kepler-788 b	5,791.9	2.55	7.0	8.4	711	2016	Transit
Kepler-961 b	1,873.2	2.55	7.0	16.9	369	2016	Transit
K2-80 d	654.9	2.55	7.0	28.9	—	2018	Transit
Kepler-1836 b	4,803.0	2.55	7.0	5.3	820	2021	Transit
Kepler-1681 b	2,473.2	2.55	7.0	69.9	169	2020	Transit
TOI-5726.01	355.0	2.55	7.0	5.5	820	2024	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.