List of exoplanets discovered in 2026

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This list of exoplanets discovered in 2026 is a list of confirmed exoplanets that were first reported in 2026. For exoplanets detected only by radial velocity, the listed value for mass is a lower limit. See Minimum mass for more information.

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Name Mass (MJ) Radius (RJ) Period (days) Semi-major axis (AU) Temp. (K) Discovery method Distance (ly) Host star mass (M) Host star temp. (K) Remarks
KMT-2020-BLG-0202Lb12.28+7.37
−5.43
4.17+1.29
−1.28
microlensing12518+3879
−3847
0.81+0.49
−0.36
[1]
KMT-2022-BLG-1551Lb2.96+1.71
−1.53
2.29+0.30
−0.44
microlensing22494+2999
−4336
0.54+0.31
−0.28
[1]
KMT-2023-BLG-0466Lb3.25+2.59
−2.03
2.68+0.45
−0.63
microlensing22168+3716
−5216
0.44+0.36
−0.27
[1]
KMT-2024-BLG-0792L0.219+0.075
−0.046
microlensing9948+1892
−1402
candidate rogue planet [2]
KMT-2025-BLG-0121Lb7.77+4.08
−4.04
3.05+0.46
−0.66
microlensing20212+3032
−4400
0.61±0.32 [1]
TOI-1243 b0.0242±0.00470.2079±0.01074.659480.0437±0.0001450transit140.60.515±0.0273,515±79 [3]
TOI-3862 b0.1688+0.0087
−0.0090
0.493±0.0161.557457740.02539+0.00064
−0.00068
1539transit801.20.90±0.075300±50 [4]
TOI-4495 b0.024+0.004
−0.05
0.221+0.012
−0.008
2.566990.03957±0.000471735transit801.21.247±0.0456210±70 [5]
TOI-4529 b0.01540.1579±0.0085.879580.04997±0.0008511transit92.60.482±0.0233,697±71 [3]
TOI-5788 b0.0117±0.00300.1365±0.00676.3407580.0640±0.0011transit318.20.87±0.045615±25 [6]
TOI-5788 c0.0201±0.00380.2025±0.003616.2133580.1197±0.0020transit
TOI-6716 b0.0874±0.00624.718590.032±0.003369transit61.60.223±0.0113,110±80 [7]
TOI-7384 b0.3176±0.01876.234030.0439±0.004378transit2180.318±0.0163,185±75 [7]

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Lists of exoplanets

Lists of exoplanets by year of discovery

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 Han, Cheongho; Lee, Chung-Uk; Albrow, Michael D.; et al. (19 January 2026). "Four Cold Super-Jupiters Revealed by Extended and Complex Microlensing Signals". arXiv: 2601.13450v1 [astro-ph.EP].
    2. Dong, Subo; Wu, Zexuan; et al. (January 2026). "A free-floating-planet microlensing event caused by a Saturn-mass object". Science . 391 (6780): 96–99. arXiv: 2601.00057 . Bibcode:2026Sci...391...96D. doi:10.1126/science.adv9266. PMID   41477875.
    3. 1 2 Poultourtzidis, E.; et al. (2026). "Characterization of two new transiting sub-Neptunes and a terrestrial planet around M-dwarf hosts". arXiv: 2601.07414 [astro-ph.EP].
    4. Carleo, Ilaria; Castro-González, Amadeo; Pallé, Enric; et al. (15 January 2026). "TOI-3862 b: A dense super-Neptune deep in the hot Neptune desert". arXiv: 2601.10450v1 [astro-ph.EP].
    5. Wang, Mu-Tian; Dai, Fei; Liu, Hui-Gen; et al. (6 January 2026). "TOI-4495: A Pair of Aligned, Near-Resonant Sub-Neptunes that Likely Experienced Overstable Migration". arXiv: 2601.02665v1 [astro-ph.EP].
    6. Lakeland, Ben S.; Mortier, A.; Haywood, R. D.; et al. (20 January 2026). "Discovery and characterisation of two exoplanets orbiting the metal-poor, solar-type star TOI-5788 with TESS, CHEOPS, and HARPS-N". arXiv: 2601.14045v1 [astro-ph.EP].
    7. 1 2 Scott, Madison G.; et al. (2026). "Two temperate Earth- and Neptune-sized planets orbiting fully convective M dwarfs". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society stag070. arXiv: 2601.05799 . Bibcode:2026MNRAS.tmp...63S. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stag070 .{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bibcode (link)