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-155 b	957.3	2.09	5.0	5.9	341	2014	Transit
Kepler-155 c	957.3	2.24	5.7	52.7	13	2014	Transit
WASP-75 b	958.9	14.23	340.1	2.5	1,437	2013	Transit
TOI-921 b	958.9	3.53	12.2	5.1	678	2026	Transit
Kepler-1689 b	959.3	0.95	0.8	8.5	606	2020	Transit
HAT-P-36 b	960.3	14.31	587.4	1.3	1,508	2011	Transit
TIC 62895484 b	961.7	3.49	12.0	2.8	—	2026	Transit
Kepler-676 b	962.8	3.04	9.5	11.6	123	2016	Transit
Kepler-1713 b	963.1	1.72	3.6	18.0	627	2021	Transit
TOI-2529 b	966.3	11.55	743.7	64.6	363	2024	Transit
TOI-2154 b	966.9	16.29	292.4	3.8	1,307	2023	Transit
Kepler-1912 b	968.7	1.36	2.4	6.1	703	2021	Transit
WASP-55 b	970.2	14.73	186.2	4.5	1,069	2012	Transit
WASP-135 b	972.6	14.57	603.9	1.4	1,131	2015	Transit
K2-411 b	972.7	0.99	0.9	3.2	1,155	2022	Transit
K2-157 d	973.2	5.16	23.3	66.5	156	2025	Radial Velocity
K2-157 c	973.2	6.08	30.8	25.9	314	2025	Radial Velocity
K2-157 b	973.2	0.94	1.1	0.4	2,159	2018	Transit
WASP-87 b	973.2	15.52	692.9	1.7	1,776	2016	Transit
Kepler-858 b	973.7	4.87	21.1	76.1	126	2016	Transit
HAT-P-45 b	974.0	15.98	283.5	3.1	1,379	2014	Transit
Kepler-1864 b	974.9	0.75	0.4	3.9	883	2021	Transit
Kepler-1312 c	975.5	1.03	1.1	1.1	1,386	2021	Transit
Kepler-1312 b	975.5	2.10	5.1	5.4	705	2016	Transit
HATS-74 A b	976.5	11.57	464.0	1.7	622	2021	Transit
TOI-4914 b	978.1	12.87	227.0	10.6	621	2024	Transit
TOI-3261 b	978.9	3.82	30.3	0.9	1,449	2024	Transit
HD 24064 b	979.3	12.30	4,096.8	535.6	815	2015	Radial Velocity
KELT-19 A b	979.4	21.41	1,293.6	4.6	1,662	2017	Transit
HAT-P-25 b	979.7	12.72	180.8	3.7	909	2012	Transit
K2-202 b	979.8	2.30	5.9	3.4	—	2018	Transit
K2-214 b	980.6	2.51	6.8	8.6	728	2018	Transit
HATS-47 b	980.7	12.52	117.3	3.9	580	2020	Transit
TIC 188624430 b	980.9	3.65	12.9	6.2	—	2026	Transit
Kepler-62 d	981.3	1.95	14.0	18.2	237	2013	Transit
Kepler-62 b	981.3	1.31	9.0	5.7	477	2013	Transit
Kepler-62 e	981.3	1.61	36.0	122.4	-3	2013	Transit
Kepler-62 c	981.3	0.54	4.0	12.4	305	2013	Transit
Kepler-62 f	981.3	1.41	35.0	267.3	-65	2013	Transit
Kepler-440 b	981.8	1.86	4.1	101.1	-44	2015	Transit
Kepler-141 c	982.3	1.41	2.6	7.0	465	2014	Transit
Kepler-141 b	982.3	0.69	0.3	3.1	695	2014	Transit
WASP-129 b	983.2	10.42	317.8	5.7	827	2016	Transit
TOI-4087 b	983.9	13.05	232.0	3.2	1,185	2023	Transit
TOI-5210 b	985.3	10.73	82.0	4.6	1,013	2025	Transit
WASP-119 b	986.5	15.69	390.9	2.5	1,327	2016	Transit
TOI-1181 b	987.7	17.03	374.7	2.1	1,669	2022	Transit
Kepler-533 b	988.1	3.38	11.4	28.5	150	2016	Transit
Kepler-137 b	988.2	1.47	2.8	8.4	469	2014	Transit
Kepler-137 c	988.2	1.88	4.2	18.7	295	2014	Transit
TOI-2152 A b	988.3	14.36	899.5	3.4	1,529	2023	Transit
HAT-P-5 b	989.3	13.56	311.5	2.8	1,244	2007	Transit
Kepler-65 b	990.6	1.42	2.4	2.2	1,467	2012	Transit
Kepler-65 c	990.6	2.58	5.4	5.9	973	2012	Transit
Kepler-65 d	990.6	1.52	4.1	8.1	844	2012	Transit
Kepler-65 e	990.6	13.90	260.0	258.8	116	2019	Radial Velocity
WASP-168 b	991.3	16.81	133.5	4.2	1,067	2018	Transit
TIC 245076932 b	991.4	10.87	162.1	21.6	572	2026	Transit
Kepler-437 b	991.5	2.14	5.2	66.7	35	2015	Transit
TOI-4747 b	993.5	3.96	14.8	5.2	762	2026	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.