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
K2-210 b	575.7	0.86	0.6	0.6	—	2018	Transit
K2-211 b	888.1	1.33	2.3	0.7	1,600	2018	Transit
K2-212 b	356.2	2.65	7.5	9.8	269	2018	Transit
K2-213 b	1,271.0	1.51	2.9	8.1	—	2018	Transit
K2-214 b	980.6	2.51	6.8	8.6	728	2018	Transit
K2-215 b	1,317.6	2.12	5.2	8.3	—	2018	Transit
K2-216 b	376.6	1.75	8.0	2.2	830	2018	Transit
K2-217 b	1,245.5	3.58	12.5	14.1	—	2018	Transit
K2-218 b	1,285.3	2.57	7.1	8.7	—	2018	Transit
K2-22 b	795.3	2.30	445.0	0.4	1,827	2015	Transit
K2-220 b	761.6	2.37	6.2	13.7	488	2018	Transit
K2-221 b	1,039.8	1.68	3.5	2.4	—	2018	Transit
K2-222 b	330.5	2.27	7.5	15.4	530	2018	Transit
K2-225 b	1,166.9	3.61	12.7	15.9	650	2018	Transit
K2-226 b	689.1	1.54	3.0	3.3	914	2018	Transit
K2-227 b	610.7	1.67	3.4	13.6	—	2018	Transit
K2-228 b	422.2	1.21	1.9	2.7	641	2018	Transit
K2-230 b	1,763.8	1.96	4.5	2.9	1,256	2018	Transit
K2-231 b	1,047.7	2.50	6.8	13.8	—	2018	Transit
K2-237 b	1,027.4	16.06	434.2	2.2	1,486	2018	Transit
K2-238 b	1,754.6	14.57	273.3	3.2	1,314	2018	Transit
K2-241 b	487.5	2.55	7.0	26.8	234	2018	Transit
K2-242 b	356.3	2.54	7.0	6.5	143	2018	Transit
K2-244 b	694.4	1.75	3.7	21.1	365	2018	Transit
K2-245 b	1,487.5	4.34	17.4	11.9	650	2018	Transit
K2-246 b	2,294.9	3.49	12.0	5.8	704	2018	Transit
K2-248 b	1,325.0	2.57	7.1	7.2	613	2018	Transit
K2-249 b	1,701.6	2.79	8.2	12.4	788	2018	Transit
K2-25 b	146.6	3.44	24.5	3.5	221	2015	Transit
K2-250 b	1,352.6	2.71	7.8	4.0	730	2018	Transit
K2-251 b	479.5	2.35	6.1	9.3	164	2018	Transit
K2-252 b	746.4	1.74	3.7	13.8	366	2018	Transit
K2-253 b	2,859.0	12.67	—	4.0	965	2018	Transit
K2-255 b	624.9	2.90	8.8	2.0	761	2018	Transit
K2-257 b	208.8	0.83	0.5	1.6	516	2018	Transit
K2-258 b	2,158.7	3.00	9.3	19.1	558	2018	Transit
K2-259 b	1,358.3	2.32	6.0	15.5	522	2018	Transit
K2-26 b	323.1	2.67	7.6	14.6	157	2016	Transit
K2-260 b	2,165.1	18.42	546.7	2.6	1,817	2018	Transit
K2-261 b	695.6	9.27	69.0	11.6	763	2018	Transit
K2-263 b	529.9	2.51	15.4	50.8	209	2018	Transit
K2-265 b	452.3	1.71	7.3	2.4	1,093	2018	Transit
K2-269 b	1,176.6	1.57	3.1	4.1	1,156	2018	Transit
K2-27 b	814.2	4.74	30.2	6.8	563	2016	Transit
K2-271 b	1,841.0	7.28	41.8	8.6	620	2018	Transit
K2-272 b	1,379.9	3.13	10.0	14.5	474	2018	Transit
K2-273 b	1,004.9	3.05	9.5	11.7	576	2018	Transit
K2-274 b	744.7	2.08	5.0	14.1	382	2018	Transit
K2-276 b	1,592.1	3.77	13.7	18.7	310	2018	Transit
K2-277 b	369.0	2.19	7.4	6.3	776	2018	Transit
K2-278 b	2,565.0	2.98	9.2	3.3	1,438	2018	Transit
K2-279 b	596.8	1.21	1.9	7.1	606	2018	Transit
K2-28 b	205.5	2.32	6.0	2.3	295	2016	Transit
K2-280 b	1,277.0	7.50	37.1	19.9	514	2018	Transit
K2-281 b	1,494.2	8.18	50.9	8.7	392	2018	Transit
K2-283 b	1,314.1	3.52	12.2	1.9	913	2018	Transit
K2-284 b	349.9	2.78	8.2	4.8	380	2018	Transit
K2-286 b	248.4	2.10	5.1	27.4	74	2018	Transit
K2-287 b	516.4	9.49	100.1	14.9	531	2018	Transit
K2-288 B b	214.0	1.90	4.3	31.4	-47	2018	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.