Object CategoryConfirmed / Detected CountEstimated Total Population
Exoplanets (All Types)~5,943Billions (Milky Way)
Stars (Milky Way)—*100 – 400 billion
Stars (Observable Universe)—*10²² – 10²⁴ (≈ 1 septillion)
Sun-like Stars (Milky Way)—*≈ 7.6 % of total (≈ 8 – 30 billion)
Red Dwarf Stars (Milky Way)—*≈ 58 billion
Brown Dwarfs (Milky Way)—*25 – 100 billion
Natural Satellites (Moons, Solar System)925†≈ 10,000
Neutron Stars (Milky Way)≈ 3,200100 million – 1 billion
Stellar-Mass Black Holes (Milky Way)≈ 50≈ 100 million
Galaxies (Observable Universe)—*≈ 2 trillion

*Direct enumeration impossible; values inferred from models.
†418 orbit planets + 507 orbit dwarf planets & asteroids.

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