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269 interactive charts on 30 topics, from egg prices to asteroids. Each answers a question in plain words and shows where the numbers came from.
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Today's chart · Space
Astronomers confirmed 245 new planets around other stars in 2025. The first were found in 1992, and the count leaped in 2014 and 2016 (872 and 1,504), when NASA's Kepler team confirmed hundreds of…
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Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025 · See the numbers →
Today's chart · Wealth
In the Federal Reserve's 2025 survey, the typical (median) household headed by someone under 35 had a net worth of $32,820, and one headed by someone 35 to 44 had $156,000.
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Source: Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances · Data as of Dec 31, 2025 · See the numbers →
Daily chart quiz · #26
How fast has the world come online?
The figure for 2025 · People using the internet, % of world population
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Energy
17.2%
U.S. overall · Share of the state's electricity generation (%)
Which states get the most electricity from wind and solar?
College
51.2%
Highest: Teacher education · Typical federal loan debt as a percent of a year's earnings
How big is student debt compared with pay, by major?
Space
3,239
2025 · Near-Earth asteroids discovered
How many near-Earth asteroids are discovered each year?
Interest rates
5.3%
Highest: 20 yr · Treasury rate, % a year
What does the Treasury yield curve look like today?
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