ESO/M. KornmesserHot Jupiter50 ly
51 Pegasi b
The first planet ever found orbiting a Sun-like star (1995). Its discovery won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
4.2 days
Year length
1,265 K
scorching
13.4×🌍
Radius
How long to get there?
Worlds beyond our sun
Alien Worlds
Confirmed planets orbiting other stars — counted live from NASA's Exoplanet Archive. Every one is a real world someone discovered.
Live data · NASA Exoplanet Archive
Hall of Fame
Eight worlds that changed how we think about the galaxy.
ESO/M. Kornmesser
ESO/M. KornmesserRocky world4.2 ly
Proxima b
The closest exoplanet to Earth, orbiting in the habitable zone of our nearest stellar neighbour.
11 days
Year length
234 K
temperate
1.1×🌍
Radius
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NASA/JPL-CaltechEarth-sized40 ly
TRAPPIST-1e
One of seven Earth-sized worlds around one tiny star — three of them sit in the habitable zone.
6.1 days
Year length
250 K
temperate
0.9×🌍
Radius
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NASA/JPL-CaltechSuper-Earth1,400 ly
Kepler-452b
Nicknamed 'Earth's cousin' — a bigger Earth orbiting a Sun-like star at almost the same distance.
385 days
Year length
265 K
temperate
1.6×🌍
Radius
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NASA/ESA HubbleHot Jupiter64 ly
HD 189733 b
A deep-blue planet where it rains molten glass — sideways, in 8,700 km/h winds.
2.2 days
Year length
1,200 K
scorching
12.7×🌍
Radius
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ESA/HubbleLava world41 ly
55 Cancri e
A scorching world with oceans of lava; its interior may be rich in diamond.
0.8 days
Year length
2,000 K
scorching
2×🌍
Radius
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NASA/JPL-CaltechDoomed planet1,400 ly
WASP-12b
Stretched into an egg shape and slowly being devoured by its own star.
1.1 days
Year length
2,600 K
scorching
21×🌍
Radius
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ESA/HubblePossible ocean world124 ly
K2-18b
Water vapour found in its atmosphere — a candidate for a world with a global ocean.
33 days
Year length
265 K
temperate
2.6×🌍
Radius
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Fresh Discoveries
The newest confirmed planets in the archive.