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
K2-122 b	235.0	1.16	1.6	2.2	496	2017	Transit
Kepler-1541 b	1,359.1	1.16	1.6	8.4	775	2016	Transit
Kepler-1424 b	2,157.3	1.16	1.6	29.6	356	2016	Transit
Kepler-316 c	1,255.5	1.16	1.6	6.8	304	2014	Transit
GJ 1061 d	12.0	1.16	1.7	13.1	-31	2020	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1373 b	5,542.9	1.16	1.6	1.3	1,614	2016	Transit
K2-400 b	203.5	1.16	1.7	3.9	—	2022	Transit
Kepler-1939 b	619.2	1.16	1.7	2.8	543	2021	Transit
TOI-500 b	154.6	1.17	1.4	0.5	1,344	2022	Transit
Kepler-1955 b	1,465.6	1.17	1.7	14.3	580	2021	Transit
Kepler-339 d	2,011.2	1.17	14.7	10.6	523	2014	Transit
Kepler-185 b	1,522.3	1.17	1.7	1.6	964	2014	Transit
Kepler-332 b	1,122.6	1.17	1.7	7.6	430	2014	Transit
Kepler-1035 b	1,833.4	1.17	1.7	2.7	1,028	2016	Transit
Kepler-186 f	579.2	1.17	1.7	129.9	-96	2014	Transit
TOI-1442 b	134.3	1.17	1.7	0.4	799	2022	Transit
GJ 393 b	22.9	1.17	1.7	7.0	212	2021	Radial Velocity
Kepler-647 b	3,548.2	1.17	1.7	16.2	515	2016	Transit
Kepler-295 c	5,542.0	1.17	1.7	21.5	348	2014	Transit
TOI-1453 b	256.8	1.17	2.3	4.3	671	2025	Transit
LHS 1478 b	59.5	1.17	2.3	1.9	324	2021	Transit
Kepler-1902 b	1,123.1	1.18	1.7	3.8	328	2021	Transit
Kepler-1514 c	1,295.8	1.18	1.7	10.5	793	2020	Transit
Kepler-1933 b	1,069.8	1.18	1.8	4.9	785	2021	Transit
Kepler-1694 b	1,674.3	1.18	1.8	3.9	683	2020	Transit
Kepler-132 e	1,140.1	1.18	1.8	110.3	141	2016	Transit
Kepler-332 d	1,122.6	1.18	1.8	34.2	154	2014	Transit
Kepler-1512 b	528.4	1.18	1.8	20.4	49	2016	Transit
Kepler-341 b	3,415.0	1.18	1.8	5.2	812	2014	Transit
Kepler-1248 b	1,934.2	1.18	1.8	7.5	762	2016	Transit
Kepler-1390 b	2,359.5	1.18	1.8	6.5	661	2016	Transit
GJ 3138 b	92.9	1.18	1.8	1.2	630	2017	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1477 b	2,220.6	1.18	1.8	11.6	401	2016	Transit
Kepler-1430 b	2,855.6	1.18	1.8	2.5	696	2016	Transit
Kepler-1264 b	2,615.7	1.18	1.8	1.0	1,404	2016	Transit
Kepler-847 b	1,673.5	1.18	1.8	2.3	781	2016	Transit
tau Cet g	11.8	1.18	1.8	20.0	366	2017	Radial Velocity
TOI-6086 b	102.6	1.18	1.8	1.4	361	2024	Transit
Kepler-1537 b	1,687.2	1.18	1.8	1.4	1,527	2016	Transit
Kepler-1910 b	—	1.18	1.8	5.7	372	2021	Transit
Kepler-775 b	1,300.3	1.19	1.8	1.0	1,339	2016	Transit
Kepler-1139 b	1,615.0	1.19	1.8	0.8	1,420	2016	Transit
Kepler-1565 b	2,054.6	1.19	1.8	1.5	961	2016	Transit
tau Cet h	11.8	1.19	1.8	49.4	200	2017	Radial Velocity
Kepler-407 b	1,103.6	1.19	1.9	0.7	1,710	2014	Transit
Kepler-1499 b	1,010.7	1.19	1.8	44.2	136	2016	Transit
KOI-3503 b	2,893.2	1.19	9.2	21.2	512	2021	Transit
Kepler-310 b	1,964.3	1.19	1.8	13.9	392	2014	Transit
GJ 1061 c	12.0	1.19	1.8	6.7	31	2020	Radial Velocity
Kepler-1276 b	1,756.3	1.19	1.8	12.6	613	2016	Transit
Kepler-380 b	2,654.0	1.19	1.8	3.9	1,044	2014	Transit
Kepler-953 c	844.4	1.19	1.8	9.1	600	2016	Transit
Kepler-1213 b	2,634.7	1.19	1.8	5.3	883	2016	Transit
Kepler-1473 b	2,127.4	1.19	1.8	14.4	510	2016	Transit
KOI-351 c	2,766.6	1.19	1.8	8.7	714	2013	Transit
Kepler-206 d	1,938.8	1.19	1.8	23.4	408	2014	Transit
K2-384 c	269.6	1.19	1.8	4.2	—	2022	Transit
GJ 1132 b	41.1	1.19	1.8	1.6	311	2015	Transit
GJ 1252 b	66.4	1.19	1.3	0.5	817	2020	Transit
Kepler-1735 b	800.1	1.19	1.8	7.7	229	2021	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.