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-1201 b	3,079.7	2.29	5.9	15.2	516	2016	Transit
TOI-1752 c	336.0	2.29	5.9	32.7	18	2026	Transit
Kepler-613 b	2,809.8	2.29	5.9	15.8	440	2016	Transit
K2-356 b	1,159.6	2.29	5.9	21.0	351	2021	Transit
Kepler-1760 b	—	2.29	5.9	38.3	207	2021	Transit
Kepler-1903 b	5,790.7	2.29	5.8	17.1	496	2021	Transit
Kepler-1712 b	509.7	2.28	5.8	13.8	118	2021	Transit
Kepler-583 b	2,828.7	2.28	5.8	6.5	744	2016	Transit
Kepler-191 d	1,938.9	2.28	5.8	5.9	584	2016	Transit
HD 20794 f	19.6	2.28	5.8	647.6	-59	2025	Radial Velocity
Kepler-250 c	2,480.7	2.28	5.8	7.2	509	2014	Transit
Kepler-947 b	5,645.0	2.28	5.8	27.0	300	2016	Transit
GJ 806 c	39.3	2.28	5.8	6.6	217	2023	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1997 b	4,900.0	2.28	5.8	26.8	387	2023	Transit
Kepler-1020 b	1,354.7	2.28	5.8	96.9	52	2016	Transit
Kepler-861 b	2,773.4	2.28	5.8	3.9	693	2016	Transit
K2-326 b	920.8	2.28	5.8	1.3	841	2020	Transit
Kepler-484 b	1,246.4	2.28	5.8	10.0	493	2016	Transit
DMPP-6 b	178.2	2.28	5.8	7.6	931	2026	Radial Velocity
TOI-763 b	310.3	2.28	9.8	5.6	765	2020	Transit
Kepler-1766 b	1,634.8	2.28	5.8	105.0	133	2021	Transit
K2-222 b	330.5	2.27	7.5	15.4	530	2018	Transit
K2-398 b	1,979.7	2.27	5.8	6.4	—	2022	Transit
Kepler-1817 b	2,441.5	2.27	5.8	44.3	190	2021	Transit
TOI-5788 c	318.4	2.27	6.4	16.2	394	2026	Transit
EPIC 212297394 c	1,364.6	2.27	5.8	5.2	593	2021	Transit
TOI-663 b	209.5	2.27	4.5	2.6	401	2024	Transit
TOI-1839 b	378.6	2.27	7.1	1.4	1,312	2026	Transit
Kepler-166 b	1,968.4	2.27	5.8	7.7	499	2014	Transit
Kepler-121 c	1,665.1	2.27	5.8	41.0	152	2014	Transit
Kepler-401 d	3,149.2	2.27	5.8	184.3	107	2016	Transit
Kepler-1985 b	—	2.27	5.8	3.4	856	2023	Transit
Kepler-759 b	3,501.2	2.27	5.8	41.8	260	2016	Transit
Kepler-267 d	864.3	2.27	5.8	28.5	28	2014	Transit
Kepler-306 e	2,529.9	2.27	5.8	44.8	117	2014	Transit
Kepler-589 b	1,998.7	2.27	5.8	16.5	383	2016	Transit
Kepler-1503 b	3,997.3	2.27	5.8	96.2	48	2016	Transit
Kepler-183 c	3,426.7	2.27	35.7	11.6	584	2014	Transit
Kepler-226 c	3,196.8	2.27	45.2	5.3	646	2014	Transit
Kepler-1103 b	4,344.1	2.27	5.8	19.8	463	2016	Transit
TOI-4578 b	594.4	2.27	5.8	8.6	569	2026	Transit
TOI-2518 b	524.5	2.27	5.8	6.9	822	2026	Transit
TOI-2018 b	91.3	2.27	9.2	7.4	303	2023	Transit
TOI-1062 b	268.0	2.27	10.2	4.1	804	2021	Transit
Kepler-1863 b	2,823.0	2.26	5.7	45.0	235	2021	Transit
K2-401 b	654.7	2.26	5.7	6.3	—	2022	Transit
K2-159 b	557.7	2.26	5.7	12.4	411	2018	Transit
Kepler-154 b	2,985.0	2.26	5.7	33.0	288	2014	Transit
Kepler-163 c	2,249.9	2.26	5.7	21.3	375	2014	Transit
Kepler-1261 b	2,427.6	2.26	5.7	48.4	123	2016	Transit
Kepler-649 b	1,675.6	2.26	5.7	29.9	291	2016	Transit
Kepler-1996 b	1,436.9	2.26	5.7	32.4	119	2023	Transit
HD 28471 c	142.4	2.26	5.7	6.1	793	2025	Radial Velocity
GJ 3929 c	51.6	2.26	5.7	15.0	44	2022	Radial Velocity
K2-346 b	344.4	2.26	5.7	26.2	177	2021	Transit
TOI-663 c	209.5	2.26	3.6	4.7	280	2024	Transit
Kepler-568 b	426.1	2.26	5.7	11.0	156	2016	Transit
Kepler-209 b	1,881.7	2.26	5.7	16.1	395	2014	Transit
Kepler-1388 c	1,480.1	2.26	5.7	5.5	293	2016	Transit
Kepler-1242 b	2,242.7	2.26	5.7	13.6	366	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.