According to NASA and Caltech’s Exoplanet Archive website (↗), there are over 5,000 confirmed exoplanets as of January 2023 and now 5,587 as of February 2024!
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson also mentioned this fun fact on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on September 22nd, 2022. Situated far away from our solar system planets, these exoplanets surround stars found in constellations including but definitely not limited to Andromeda, Aquarius, Aquila, Ara, Aries, Auriga, Boötes, Cancer, Canes Venatici, Canis Major, Cetus, Chamaeleon, Coma Berenices, Corona Borealis, Cygnus, Delphinus, Draco, Eridanus, Grus, Hercules, Hydrus, Indus, Leo, Lepus, Lupus, Lynx, Microscopium, Pegasus, Pictor, Pisces, Piscis Austrinus, Scorpius, Sextans, Taurus, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Virgo.
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