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-607 c	1,693.1	2.76	8.1	39.7	200	2021	Transit
Kepler-1458 b	1,775.8	2.76	8.1	48.0	220	2016	Transit
Kepler-305 d	2,832.6	2.76	6.2	16.7	303	2014	Transit
Kepler-819 b	2,166.7	2.76	8.1	33.2	212	2016	Transit
TOI-1260 c	240.0	2.76	13.2	7.5	378	2021	Transit
Kepler-244 b	3,380.6	2.76	8.1	4.3	765	2014	Transit
K2-123 b	526.9	2.76	8.1	31.0	65	2017	Transit
Kepler-172 e	2,702.5	2.76	8.1	35.1	277	2014	Transit
Kepler-1944 b	3,511.0	2.76	8.1	9.8	528	2021	Transit
TOI-6393 b	607.4	2.76	8.0	9.5	423	2026	Transit
TOI-125 c	362.2	2.76	6.6	9.2	555	2019	Transit
TOI-4511 b	397.4	2.75	8.0	11.0	1,269	2026	Transit
Kepler-1796 b	2,693.7	2.75	8.0	29.5	325	2021	Transit
TIC 270471727 b	593.9	2.75	8.0	10.5	874	2026	Transit
GJ 3779 b	44.8	2.75	8.0	3.0	254	2018	Radial Velocity
Kepler-193 c	3,291.2	2.75	8.0	50.7	322	2014	Transit
HIP 97166 c	215.1	2.75	8.0	16.4	369	2021	Radial Velocity
TOI-1438 c	360.4	2.75	10.6	9.4	521	2025	Transit
Kepler-304 d	1,417.7	2.75	8.0	9.7	338	2014	Transit
TOI-2545 b	349.4	2.75	8.0	8.0	750	2022	Transit
TOI-1448 b	239.2	2.75	19.5	8.1	153	2024	Transit
Kepler-1815 b	3,283.2	2.75	8.0	12.2	490	2021	Transit
Kepler-25 b	793.4	2.75	8.7	6.2	912	2011	Transit
Kepler-1847 b	5,524.6	2.75	8.0	11.1	570	2021	Transit
TOI-1824 b	193.8	2.74	16.0	22.8	256	2024	Transit
Kepler-1118 b	2,897.3	2.74	8.0	38.7	229	2016	Transit
Kepler-192 b	2,125.5	2.74	8.0	9.9	530	2014	Transit
K2-350 c	1,596.1	2.74	8.0	20.0	414	2016	Transit
Kepler-80 c	1,205.0	2.74	6.7	9.5	222	2012	Transit
HIP 41378 c	346.7	2.74	6.0	31.7	484	2016	Transit
TOI-251 b	324.6	2.74	317.8	4.9	768	2021	Transit
Kepler-212 c	2,241.3	2.74	8.0	31.8	391	2014	Transit
TOI-2134 b	73.8	2.73	9.4	9.2	387	2023	Transit
TOI-782 b	171.3	2.73	19.1	8.0	162	2024	Transit
GJ 1214 b	47.8	2.73	8.4	1.6	294	2009	Transit
K2-266 e	253.0	2.73	14.3	19.5	217	2018	Transit
Kepler-836 b	3,196.4	2.73	7.9	11.4	596	2016	Transit
Kepler-506 b	745.1	2.73	7.9	6.9	807	2016	Transit
Kepler-436 b	1,920.6	2.73	7.9	64.0	49	2015	Transit
Kepler-164 c	2,905.3	2.73	7.9	10.9	608	2014	Transit
Kepler-221 d	1,256.5	2.73	3.6	10.0	439	2014	Transit
Kepler-1129 c	3,861.3	2.73	7.9	76.5	230	2016	Transit
Kepler-385 b	4,672.5	2.73	12.8	10.0	678	2014	Transit
Kepler-1567 b	3,933.8	2.73	7.9	154.0	57	2016	Transit
Kepler-2000 b	1,045.6	2.73	7.9	6.4	257	2023	Transit
Kepler-838 b	3,600.9	2.73	7.9	15.7	504	2016	Transit
Kepler-551 b	1,014.9	2.73	7.9	12.4	210	2016	Transit
K2-380 b	813.1	2.73	7.9	9.4	—	2022	Transit
TOI-125 b	362.2	2.73	9.5	4.7	764	2019	Transit
Kepler-979 b	1,880.3	2.72	7.8	8.1	519	2016	Transit
Kepler-26 c	1,093.6	2.72	6.2	17.3	112	2011	Transit
K2-331 c	689.6	2.72	7.8	23.0	400	2021	Transit
Kepler-358 b	3,591.3	2.72	7.8	34.1	281	2014	Transit
Kepler-351 d	3,535.2	2.72	7.8	142.5	45	2016	Transit
Kepler-1058 b	1,604.7	2.72	7.8	111.0	-34	2016	Transit
TOI-122 b	202.6	2.72	7.8	5.1	198	2020	Transit
Kepler-1748 b	3,533.2	2.71	7.8	5.8	682	2021	Transit
K2-182 b	505.0	2.71	21.0	4.7	693	2018	Transit
K2-250 b	1,352.6	2.71	7.8	4.0	730	2018	Transit
EPIC 220674823 c	797.7	2.71	7.9	13.3	565	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.