Apr 16, 2018
Current number of confirmed exoplanets is 3,717 with another 4,496 candidate planets.
The new exoplanet hunting space satellite TESS is scheduled to launch on Monday. The new NASA satellite will replace the dying Kepler/K2 satellite telescope which revolutionized hunting and understanding exoplanets. TESS may bring about another exoplanet discovery revolution. According to the NASA exoplanet website the current total number of 3717 confirmed exoplanets with a majority of these confimations as well as the 4,496 candidate planets being discovered by the Kepler/K2 mission.