Worlds beyond the Sun
849 confirmed exoplanets — from scorching hot Jupiters to potentially habitable worlds — each connected to its host star, planetary system, detection method, and discovery mission. Built on the NASA Exoplanet Archive.
849 exoplanets · 187 multi-planet systems · 464 host stars · 21 habitable-zone candidates · data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Famous exoplanets
All exoplanets →| Planet | Class | Host | Radius (R⊕) | Period (d) | Distance (ly) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxima Cen bRadial Velocity · 2016 | Terrestrial planet | Proxima Cen | 1.02 | 11.1847 | 4 |
| TRAPPIST-1 eTransit · 2017 | Terrestrial planet | TRAPPIST-1 | 0.92 | 6.101 | 41 |
| 51 Peg bRadial Velocity · 1995 | Hot Jupiter | 51 Peg | 14.3 | 4.2308 | 50 |
| HD 209458 bRadial Velocity · 1999 | Hot Jupiter | HD 209458 | 15.58 | 3.5247 | 158 |
| Kepler-186 fTransit · 2014 | Terrestrial planet | Kepler-186 | 1.17 | 130 | 579 |
| 55 Cnc eRadial Velocity · 2004 | Super-Earth | 55 Cnc | 1.88 | 0.7365 | 41 |
| K2-18 bTransit · 2015 | Super-Earth | K2-18 | 2.37 | 32.9396 | 124 |
| HR 8799 bImaging · 2008 | Gas giant | HR 8799 | 13 | 170000 | 135 |
| WASP-12 bTransit · 2008 | Hot Jupiter | WASP-12 | 22.03 | 1.0914 | 1394 |
| Kepler-452 bTransit · 2015 | Super-Earth | Kepler-452 | 1.63 | 385 | 1800 |
| GJ 1214 bTransit · 2009 | Mini-Neptune | GJ 1214 | 2.73 | 1.5804 | 48 |
| bet Pic bImaging · 2008 | Gas giant | bet Pic | 18.49 | 8618 | 64 |
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All Exoplanets
Every confirmed exoplanet in this catalogue, nearest first.
Nearby Exoplanets
The closest known exoplanets to the Solar System.
Famous Exoplanets
Landmark worlds that shaped exoplanet science.
Potentially Habitable Exoplanets
Source-backed planets that lie in their star's habitable zone. Lying in the zone is not proof of habitability.
Super-Earths
Rocky-to-icy planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
Mini-Neptunes
Planets with thick atmospheres between super-Earths and Neptune in size.
Hot Jupiters
Gas giants orbiting scorchingly close to their stars.
Gas Giants
Large planets dominated by hydrogen and helium.
Terrestrial Candidates
Small, likely rocky planets up to about 1.6 Earth radii.
Directly Imaged Exoplanets
Planets captured in actual images by blocking their star's glare.
Transit Exoplanets
Planets found by the dip in starlight as they cross their star.
Radial-Velocity Exoplanets
Planets found by the gravitational wobble they induce in their star.
Microlensing Exoplanets
Planets revealed when their star's gravity lenses a background star.
Kepler Exoplanets
Planets discovered by the Kepler space telescope.
TESS Exoplanets
Planets discovered by the TESS mission.
TRAPPIST-1 Planets
The seven Earth-sized worlds of the TRAPPIST-1 system.
Multi-Planet Systems
Star systems with two or more known planets, richest first.
Detection methods
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Data & provenance
Exoplanets are generated from the NASA Exoplanet Archive — the authoritative catalogue of confirmed planets. Every value is real archive data; nothing is inferred or synthesised, and habitability is never asserted as a certainty. Host stars already in the Star Encyclopedia are reused, not duplicated. See the source quality page.