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-1842 b	3,012.2	2.35	6.1	14.0	549	2021	Transit
Kepler-416 c	2,253.1	2.35	6.1	12.2	518	2014	Transit
K2-393 b	867.3	2.35	6.1	10.4	—	2022	Transit
TOI-2141 c	253.4	2.35	6.1	5.5	822	2025	Radial Velocity
Kepler-172 b	2,702.5	2.35	6.1	2.9	983	2014	Transit
Kepler-256 e	3,347.8	2.35	6.1	10.7	624	2014	Transit
Kepler-967 b	1,854.3	2.35	6.1	13.2	365	2016	Transit
Kepler-292 f	3,445.8	2.35	6.1	20.8	290	2014	Transit
HD 158259 f	88.2	2.35	6.1	12.0	—	2020	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1132 b	2,830.8	2.35	6.1	62.9	111	2016	Transit
Kepler-306 c	2,529.9	2.35	6.1	7.2	443	2014	Transit
K2-251 b	479.5	2.35	6.1	9.3	164	2018	Transit
Kepler-216 b	3,873.0	2.35	6.1	7.7	796	2014	Transit
TOI-4342 c	200.7	2.35	4.8	10.7	241	2023	Transit
Kepler-24 b	3,773.0	2.35	11.1	8.1	777	2011	Transit
TOI-4513 b	334.7	2.35	6.1	9.8	380	2026	Transit
HD 207897 b	92.3	2.34	14.8	16.2	309	2021	Transit
GJ 3998 d	59.2	2.34	6.1	41.8	19	2025	Radial Velocity
GJ 357 d	30.8	2.34	6.1	55.7	-54	2019	Radial Velocity
Kepler-275 b	6,634.8	2.34	6.1	10.3	742	2014	Transit
HD 158259 e	88.2	2.34	6.1	8.0	—	2020	Radial Velocity
Kepler-29 c	2,715.4	2.34	4.5	13.3	442	2011	Transit
KMT-2018-BLG-1025L b	21,868.8	2.34	6.1	—	—	2021	Microlensing
GJ 887 d	10.7	2.34	6.1	50.8	-32	2026	Radial Velocity
KOI-7913 b	884.8	2.34	6.1	24.3	159	2022	Transit
Kepler-121 b	1,665.1	2.34	6.1	3.2	724	2014	Transit
K2-275 b	402.6	2.34	6.1	3.3	893	2018	Transit
Kepler-171 b	2,817.5	2.34	6.1	4.2	780	2014	Transit
Kepler-1158 b	4,841.0	2.34	6.1	13.5	806	2016	Transit
Kepler-338 c	1,803.0	2.34	6.1	24.3	558	2014	Transit
Kepler-213 c	2,070.9	2.34	6.1	4.8	787	2014	Transit
Kepler-999 b	1,777.8	2.34	6.1	6.0	1,082	2016	Transit
Kepler-925 b	1,993.2	2.34	6.1	33.9	121	2016	Transit
Kepler-1154 b	4,762.2	2.34	6.1	5.2	1,041	2016	Transit
Kepler-122 b	3,351.1	2.34	6.1	5.8	886	2014	Transit
Kepler-246 b	2,042.0	2.34	6.1	4.6	623	2014	Transit
TOI-283 b	269.7	2.34	6.5	17.6	388	2025	Transit
EPIC 229004835 b	397.8	2.33	10.4	16.1	531	2023	Transit
Kepler-783 c	1,683.3	2.33	6.0	7.1	567	2020	Transit
Kepler-436 c	1,920.6	2.33	6.0	16.8	230	2016	Transit
Kepler-239 b	2,113.8	2.33	6.0	11.8	343	2014	Transit
Kepler-1247 b	3,411.3	2.33	6.0	13.7	403	2016	Transit
TOI-270 c	73.3	2.33	6.2	5.7	216	2019	Transit
K2-389 b	845.4	2.33	6.0	8.6	659	2022	Transit
Kepler-287 b	2,726.2	2.33	83.0	20.3	394	2014	Transit
Kepler-1983 b	1,384.3	2.33	6.0	7.3	534	2023	Transit
GJ 367 d	30.7	2.33	6.0	34.4	—	2023	Radial Velocity
TOI-1243 b	140.9	2.33	7.7	4.7	177	2026	Transit
Kepler-1021 b	2,642.1	2.33	6.0	13.5	361	2016	Transit
Kepler-443 b	2,616.7	2.33	6.0	177.7	-40	2015	Transit
Kepler-241 b	1,669.9	2.33	6.0	12.7	289	2014	Transit
GJ 433 b	29.6	2.33	6.0	7.4	201	2013	Radial Velocity
TOI-4342 b	200.7	2.33	7.3	5.5	366	2023	Transit
TOI-411 c	204.8	2.33	9.7	9.6	658	2022	Transit
TOI-6699 b	280.0	2.33	6.0	5.3	703	2026	Transit
Kepler-1812 b	4,596.2	2.32	6.0	7.2	761	2021	Transit
Kepler-1802 c	2,076.6	2.32	6.0	33.1	84	2021	Transit
Kepler-1951 b	4,166.1	2.32	6.0	20.7	455	2021	Transit
Kepler-165 b	1,829.4	2.32	6.0	8.2	443	2014	Transit
K2-386 b	1,398.5	2.32	6.0	7.5	—	2022	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.