How many stars are in the Milky Way?
Science medium Data from 2024
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The answer
200,000,000,000 stars
Roughly 200B.
The Milky Way holds roughly 200 billion stars. The Gaia mission has precisely mapped about 2 billion of them — around 1% — and that is by far the most detailed star catalogue ever made.
Where this number comes from
| Source | European Space Agency, Gaia mission |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | stars |
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