POLARIS has long helped mariners find their way through our planet's seas and oceans by pointing the way north.

You can't help but feel sorry for poor Kochab. Shining in Ursa Minor with a magnitude of 2.1, it is the 58th brightest star ...

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One of the first star-hopping journeys I made when I started appreciating Ursa Major was to Ursa Minor (the Little Bear). Start by drawing an imaginary line between the two outer stars in the Big ...

It is stargazing turnover time. Night times are shrinking in Pottsville, and you must wait later into the evening to begin ...

All the other stars in the sky appear to orbit this star. It is also the tip of the tail of Ursa Minor, the star at the end of the handle of this smaller saucepan. 5. Follow the handle around in a ...

Precession is why the Pole Star changes over time. Currently Earth's rotational axis is pointed toward Polaris in Ursa Minor, but in the past it has pointed at different stars, and will do so ...