# Stars

> The nearest stars, the light in your sky, and the birth and death of stars everywhere.

HTML: https://www.theuniversecounts.com/stars

Numbers as of 2026-10-31 02:43 UTC. Live ones keep changing on the HTML page.

- Confirmed exoplanets in the NASA Exoplanet Archive: 6,451

## Sources

- Confirmed exoplanets in the NASA Exoplanet Archive (Measured): [NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC): Exoplanet Archive News (weekly updates, 8 October 2026 item)](https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/exonews_archive.html); [NASA: Exoplanet Discoveries Dashboard](https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/discoveries-dashboard/); [NASA: NASA's Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered (10 May 2016)](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-kepler-mission-announces-largest-collection-of-planets-ever-discovered/)