Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP service

Confirmed exoplanets, candidates and host stars in the archive's tables, via keyless TAP queries

Freeauth: noneCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless TAP service.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: No licence stated. The acknowledgements page asks for a standard acknowledgement in published material that uses the archive's services. Custom. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Requested: include the archive's standard acknowledgement in published material.

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// Overview

NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP service

The NASA Exoplanet Archive, operated by Caltech/IPAC, offers a keyless IVOA Table Access Protocol (TAP) service. Its synchronous endpoint takes ADQL queries over confirmed planets, candidates, stellar hosts and related tables and returns CSV, TSV, JSON or VOTable.

Coverage

Confirmed exoplanets, candidates and host stars in the archive's tables, via keyless TAP queries.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#space#exoplanets#nasa#api

Verdict

A reference source for exoplanet parameters and discovery data, alongside jpl-ssd-cneos-api. Licence: Custom (no licence stated): the acknowledgements page says "Please include the following standard acknowledgment in any published material that makes use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive's services." The acknowledgement reads "This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program." No licence or reuse grant is named. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless TAP service.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	No licence stated. The acknowledgements page asks for a standard acknowledgement in published material that uses the archive's services. Custom. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

Limits belong to the provider and can change. Always confirm on the evidence page.

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP service
slug: nasa-exoplanet-archive-tap
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/nasa-exoplanet-archive-tap
providerUrl: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless TAP service.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
coverage: Confirmed exoplanets, candidates and host stars in the archive's tables, via keyless TAP queries.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/TAP/sync?query=select+top+3+pl_name,disc_year+from+ps&format=csv
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/TAP/tables
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/acknowledge.html
tasks: research-grey-literature
space
exoplanets
nasa
api
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/acknowledge.html
licenseNote: No licence stated. The acknowledgements page asks for a standard acknowledgement in published material that uses the archive's services. Custom. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Requested: include the archive's standard acknowledgement in published material.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nasa-exoplanet-archive-tap"
    }
  }
}

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Coverage

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Verdict

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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