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-4010 c	578.9	5.93	20.3	5.4	634	2023	Transit
Kepler-1263 b	2,168.4	1.14	1.6	4.6	634	2016	Transit
HD 100655 b	447.4	13.50	511.7	157.6	634	2011	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1059 b	2,326.0	1.73	3.6	3.8	635	2016	Transit
Kepler-1641 b	2,806.1	3.11	9.8	19.7	635	2016	Transit
Kepler-347 b	4,236.4	1.97	4.5	12.8	635	2014	Transit
K2-348 b	658.4	3.26	10.7	4.7	635	2021	Transit
K2-90 c	437.7	1.30	2.2	2.9	635	2016	Transit
Kepler-500 b	2,633.6	2.58	7.2	8.5	636	2016	Transit
K2-331 b	689.6	1.79	3.9	9.4	636	2021	Transit
HD 23472 d	127.3	0.75	0.6	4.0	636	2022	Transit
14 And b	246.0	13.10	1,131.2	186.8	637	2008	Radial Velocity
Kepler-129 b	1,333.5	2.40	20.0	15.8	637	2014	Transit
TOI-5788 b	318.4	1.53	3.7	6.3	637	2026	Transit
WASP-162 b	1,013.8	11.21	1,652.7	9.6	637	2018	Transit
HD 40307 b	42.2	—	1,189.0	4.3	637	2009	Radial Velocity
TOI-206 b	155.7	1.30	2.2	0.7	637	2022	Transit
WASP-139 b	693.0	8.97	37.2	5.9	637	2016	Transit
KOI-12 b	1,302.7	13.79	349.6	17.9	638	2015	Transit
HD 73344 b	115.0	2.88	10.5	15.6	638	2024	Transit
K2-360 c	757.0	4.02	15.2	9.8	639	2024	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1607 b	4,194.7	0.92	0.7	13.6	640	2016	Transit
K2-199 b	350.7	1.73	6.9	3.2	640	2018	Transit
Kepler-356 c	2,307.7	1.81	3.9	13.1	640	2014	Transit
Kepler-1804 b	1,417.0	1.60	3.2	12.3	640	2021	Transit
Kepler-1686 b	2,380.4	1.43	2.6	9.3	640	2020	Transit
K2-228 b	422.2	1.21	1.9	2.7	641	2018	Transit
TOI-7155 b	472.1	2.41	6.4	3.9	641	2026	Transit
Kepler-339 c	2,011.2	1.15	7.3	7.0	641	2014	Transit
Kepler-694 b	3,336.8	2.80	8.2	6.4	641	2016	Transit
Kepler-1033 b	4,747.2	2.51	6.8	7.6	641	2016	Transit
Kepler-865 c	1,911.7	0.89	0.6	6.2	641	2023	Transit
Kepler-24 c	3,773.0	2.51	10.0	12.3	642	2011	Transit
HD 39194 b	86.1	1.99	4.6	5.6	642	2021	Radial Velocity
Kepler-454 b	753.0	2.37	5.4	10.6	643	2015	Transit
K2-38 c	628.5	2.29	8.3	10.6	643	2016	Transit
HD 32518 b	398.3	13.20	905.5	157.3	643	2009	Radial Velocity
Kepler-663 b	3,467.3	2.60	7.3	5.0	644	2016	Transit
HIP 67522 c	415.1	7.94	48.3	14.3	644	2024	Transit
Kepler-449 b	789.1	2.06	4.9	12.6	644	2015	Transit
TOI-2019 b	645.8	5.33	34.4	15.3	644	2024	Transit
Kepler-167 b	1,115.2	1.72	3.6	4.4	645	2014	Transit
Kepler-1112 b	5,451.0	3.02	9.4	14.4	645	2016	Transit
TOI-1478 b	498.7	11.99	279.7	10.2	645	2021	Transit
HD 5891 b	924.7	12.60	2,425.0	177.1	646	2011	Radial Velocity
TOI-1268 b	357.3	9.10	96.4	8.2	646	2022	Transit
Kepler-286 d	4,001.4	1.33	2.3	5.9	646	2014	Transit
TOI-4961 b	695.0	12.34	572.1	7.5	646	2025	Transit
Kepler-226 c	3,196.8	2.27	45.2	5.3	646	2014	Transit
TOI-6080 b	613.8	3.32	11.0	8.1	646	2026	Transit
Kepler-1011 b	2,403.0	2.87	8.6	5.8	647	2016	Transit
Kepler-58 b	3,161.3	2.78	35.5	10.2	647	2012	Transit
HIP 29442 d	222.4	1.54	5.1	6.4	647	2023	Radial Velocity
K2-58 b	592.8	2.68	7.7	7.1	647	2016	Transit
Kepler-835 b	7,848.4	2.79	8.2	11.4	648	2016	Transit
TOI-421 b	244.0	2.64	6.7	5.2	649	2020	Transit
Kepler-1622 b	2,597.8	1.47	2.8	10.8	649	2016	Transit
Kepler-1136 b	1,602.8	1.64	3.3	2.4	649	2016	Transit
TOI-1799 b	202.6	1.64	4.0	7.1	650	2024	Transit
TOI-2458 c	368.4	3.18	10.2	16.6	650	2024	Radial Velocity

* 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.