# The Universe Counts > Live, sourced numbers about planets, stars and the universe. A sister site to [The World Counts](https://www.theworldcounts.com). Live counters and striking visuals about planets, stars and the universe, grouped by distance from you: from here out to the edge of the observable universe. Every number is a sourced Fact with an as-of date and a certainty tier (A measured, B measured with error, C estimated, D debated). The links below are Markdown versions of the published pages. Each states the time its numbers are from; live numbers keep changing on the HTML pages. Prefer those `.md` links, then fetch more only as needed. ## Home - [The Universe Counts](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/index.md): Live, sourced numbers about planets, stars and the universe. ## You are here - [You are here](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/you.md): Your motion through space, the stardust you are made of, and what passes through you every second. - [Your journey](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/you/your-journey.md): Since you opened this page, and since you were born - [How fast are you moving?](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/you/your-journey/how-fast-are-you-moving.md): Earth's spin, its orbit, the Sun's path around the Milky Way and our motion against the oldest light: how fast you move, and why it doesn't add up. ## Earth and Moon - [Earth and Moon](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/earth-and-moon.md): The thin shell of near space: the people living up there, everything in orbit, and what falls in. - [The Moon](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/earth-and-moon/the-moon.md): Phases, tides, and drifting away - [How far away is the Moon right now?](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/earth-and-moon/the-moon/how-far-is-the-moon.md): The Moon's distance from Earth right now, live from NASA JPL. Why it changes, its closest and farthest, the light time, and the mirrors Apollo left. ## The Sun and its worlds - [The Sun and its worlds](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system.md): Our star and its weather, the planets, the rocks we watch, and the craft we sent out. - [The Sun](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/the-sun.md): Our star, live - [How big is the Sun?](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/the-sun/how-big-is-the-sun.md): How wide and how heavy the Sun is, how many Earths and Jupiters would fit inside it, and why it looks the same size as the Moon in our sky. - [How hot is the Sun?](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/the-sun/how-hot-is-the-sun.md): How hot the Sun's surface, core and corona are, why the corona is hotter than the surface, and how much of the Sun's energy reaches Earth. - [How long does sunlight take to reach Earth?](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/the-sun/sunlight-to-earth.md): Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth. Live from NASA JPL: today's light time, why it changes in the year, and the Sun you see. - [The solar cycle](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/the-sun/solar-cycle.md): The Sun's rhythm of sunspots, flares and storms: where Solar Cycle 25 stands, when it peaked, when Cycle 26 may begin, and the record since 1749. - [What is the Sun doing right now?](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/the-sun/what-is-the-sun-doing-now.md): The solar wind, the Sun's X-ray level and its last big flare, live from NOAA. Where we are in the solar cycle, and what it means for the aurora. - [Space weather](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/space-weather.md): Solar wind, flares, aurora - [Geomagnetic storms](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/space-weather/geomagnetic-storms.md): NOAA's latest three-hour Kp index and the solar wind measured upstream of Earth, what the G1–G5 storm scale means, and why aurora spread from the poles. - [Solar flares](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/space-weather/solar-flares.md): The Sun's X-ray level right now, live from NOAA's GOES satellites, as a flare class from A to X: what a flare is, what it does here, and the biggest on record. - [The aurora](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/space-weather/aurora.md): The northern lights right now: NOAA's live aurora power and the latest Kp, how far from the pole each storm level reaches, and what makes a good night to look. - [The solar wind](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/space-weather/solar-wind.md): The solar wind right now, live from spacecraft upstream of Earth: where it comes from, how long it takes to reach us, the bubble it blows, and what it does here. - [Planets](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets.md): Eight planets and the dwarfs - [Ceres](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/ceres.md): Ceres's distance from Earth, live. The largest body in the asteroid belt, why it is a dwarf planet, what Dawn found and its salty bright spots. - [Jupiter](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/jupiter.md): Jupiter's distance from Earth, live. The giant that outweighs all the other planets together, its storms, its shortest day and its four great moons. - [Mars](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/mars.md): Mars's distance from Earth, live, and why it swings so far. The signal delay, a day and a year on Mars, the cold, and the robots at work there. - [Mercury](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/mercury.md): Mercury's distance from Earth, live. Why the smallest, fastest planet is on average the closest to us, and why its day lasts two of its years. - [Neptune](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/neptune.md): Neptune's distance from Earth, live. The farthest planet, found by mathematics, with the fastest winds of any world, visited only once. - [Pluto](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/pluto.md): Pluto's distance from Earth, live. Why it is a dwarf planet, how long light takes to reach it, its five moons and its heart of nitrogen ice. - [Saturn](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/saturn.md): Saturn's distance from Earth, live. Rings wide but thin, a planet lighter than water, the most known moons, and Titan with its lakes and seas. - [Uranus](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/uranus.md): Uranus's distance from Earth, live. The ice giant that rolls round the Sun on its side, with seasons that last decades, visited only once. - [Venus](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/venus.md): Venus's distance from Earth, live. The planet that comes closest to us, nearly Earth's size, hotter than Mercury, and spinning backwards. - [Where are the planets right now?](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/planets/where-are-the-planets.md): Every planet's distance from Earth, live from NASA JPL data. How long their light takes to reach us, and how to find each one in the sky. - [Spacecraft](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/spacecraft.md): Where everything we sent is now - [James Webb Space Telescope](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/spacecraft/james-webb-space-telescope.md): Webb's distance from Earth, live. Why it works far beyond the Moon, how it stays cold, and the oldest galaxy light it has caught. - [New Horizons](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/spacecraft/new-horizons.md): New Horizons' distance from Earth, live. The spacecraft that showed us Pluto's heart in 2015 and flew past Arrokoth, the farthest world ever explored. - [Voyager 1](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/spacecraft/voyager-1.md): Voyager 1's distance from Earth, live, and the countdown to 18 November 2026, when it becomes the first human-made object a full light-day away. - [Voyager 2](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/solar-system/spacecraft/voyager-2.md): Voyager 2's distance from Earth, live. The only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune, and the second to reach interstellar space. ## Stars - [Stars](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/stars.md): The nearest stars, the light in your sky, and the birth and death of stars everywhere. ## The Milky Way - [The Milky Way](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/milky-way.md): Our galaxy: its hundreds of billions of stars, the black hole at its heart, and our long orbit around it. ## Galaxies - [Galaxies](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/galaxies.md): Andromeda falling toward us, the trillions beyond, and the most violent events in nature. ## The cosmos - [The cosmos](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/cosmos.md): Its age, its growth, what it is made of, how it began and how it may end. ## Optional - [Full text of every published page](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/llms-full.txt): Concatenated Markdown of the pages above. - [Privacy](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/privacy): What The Universe Counts keeps about you: nothing to read the site, and an analytics cookie only if you allow it. - [Terms of use](https://www.theuniversecounts.com/terms): The terms for reading and reusing The Universe Counts. - [The World Counts](https://www.theworldcounts.com): Sister site: live counters about the Earth.