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
TOI-4405 b	507.2	2.56	7.1	5.9	399	2026	Transit
Kepler-175 b	4,280.3	2.56	7.1	11.9	554	2014	Transit
Kepler-640 b	1,819.3	2.56	7.1	22.2	336	2016	Transit
Kepler-837 b	2,941.6	2.56	7.1	16.6	428	2016	Transit
HD 40307 g	42.2	2.56	7.1	197.8	-18	2013	Radial Velocity
Kepler-171 c	2,817.5	2.56	7.1	11.5	479	2014	Transit
Kepler-106 e	1,449.2	2.56	11.2	43.8	258	2014	Transit
HD 93385 c	141.4	2.56	7.1	13.2	664	2021	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1171 b	1,868.9	2.56	7.1	1.4	2,427	2016	Transit
K2-197 b	807.7	2.56	7.1	8.4	575	2018	Transit
HD 136352 d	47.9	2.56	8.8	107.2	158	2019	Radial Velocity
TOI-1174 b	308.7	2.56	32.0	9.0	441	2024	Transit
TOI-2071 b	754.4	2.56	7.1	5.7	756	2026	Transit
Kepler-1718 b	1,224.8	2.57	7.1	135.2	72	2021	Transit
K2-218 b	1,285.3	2.57	7.1	8.7	—	2018	Transit
Kepler-313 c	3,520.5	2.57	7.1	32.3	410	2014	Transit
Kepler-532 b	1,020.2	2.57	7.1	12.9	347	2016	Transit
Kepler-549 b	2,071.6	2.57	11.0	42.9	214	2016	Transit
Kepler-203 b	2,293.9	2.57	7.1	3.2	1,035	2014	Transit
Kepler-1991 c	2,791.3	2.57	7.1	22.8	361	2023	Transit
Kepler-839 b	3,080.7	2.57	7.1	37.8	353	2016	Transit
Kepler-879 b	2,618.0	2.57	7.1	33.4	307	2016	Transit
GJ 3942 b	55.2	2.57	7.1	6.9	317	2017	Radial Velocity
Kepler-241 c	1,669.9	2.57	7.1	36.1	124	2014	Transit
Kepler-1549 b	2,619.2	2.57	7.1	214.9	13	2016	Transit
Kepler-245 b	2,809.9	2.57	146.8	7.5	480	2014	Transit
Kepler-660 b	1,854.0	2.57	7.1	9.3	376	2016	Transit
Kepler-580 b	1,056.4	2.57	7.1	8.2	285	2016	Transit
K2-248 b	1,325.0	2.57	7.1	7.2	613	2018	Transit
Kepler-1758 b	5,180.7	2.57	7.1	10.0	755	2021	Transit
K2-195 c	1,027.4	2.58	7.2	28.5	—	2018	Transit
K2-219 d	1,061.3	2.58	7.2	11.1	—	2018	Transit
Kepler-1685 b	3,724.3	2.58	7.2	20.5	352	2020	Transit
BD+20 594 b	585.3	2.58	22.2	41.7	273	2016	Transit
Kepler-49 b	1,015.1	2.58	9.8	7.2	236	2012	Transit
Kepler-1018 b	3,294.2	2.58	7.2	49.1	225	2016	Transit
Kepler-1639 b	3,363.7	2.58	7.2	9.9	730	2016	Transit
Kepler-182 b	5,052.4	2.58	7.2	9.8	662	2014	Transit
Kepler-65 c	990.6	2.58	5.4	5.9	973	2012	Transit
Kepler-461 b	2,257.5	2.58	7.2	8.3	613	2016	Transit
KOI-1833 d	946.9	2.58	11.0	7.7	340	2021	Transit
K2-73 b	878.0	2.58	9.2	7.5	695	2016	Transit
Kepler-572 b	1,646.0	2.58	7.2	17.2	280	2016	Transit
Kepler-169 f	1,325.9	2.58	7.2	87.1	48	2014	Transit
Kepler-500 b	2,633.6	2.58	7.2	8.5	636	2016	Transit
Kepler-1266 b	2,770.1	2.58	7.2	28.5	216	2016	Transit
Kepler-1886 b	3,455.7	2.58	7.2	24.3	307	2021	Transit
EPIC 212737443 b	1,096.7	2.59	7.2	13.6	263	2019	Transit
TOI-669 b	466.0	2.59	10.0	3.9	852	2023	Transit
TOI-836.01	89.7	2.59	9.6	8.6	392	2021	Transit
TOI-1064 b	222.0	2.59	13.5	6.4	511	2022	Transit
Kepler-1854 b	1,380.8	2.59	7.2	39.8	147	2021	Transit
Kepler-1388 b	1,480.1	2.59	7.2	12.3	161	2016	Transit
Kepler-194 c	3,581.1	2.59	7.2	17.3	542	2014	Transit
Kepler-843 b	3,801.9	2.59	7.2	2.1	1,250	2016	Transit
Kepler-604 b	3,348.0	2.59	7.2	25.9	364	2016	Transit
TOI-2076 b	136.7	2.59	6.7	10.4	463	2021	Transit
K2-285 b	505.4	2.59	9.7	3.5	816	2018	Transit
HD 109833 c	259.5	2.59	7.2	13.9	484	2022	Transit
Kepler-265 e	4,175.6	2.59	7.2	67.8	203	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.