Throughout the Earth’s precessional cycle, different stars serve as a pole star, including Thuban, Kochab, Polaris, and Vega.

Polaris, also known as the 'Pole Star' or 'North Star', is arguably the most famous stellar body to hang in the western hemisphere's night sky. For centuries it has served as a vital waypoint for ...

The study was published on Aug. 20 in The Astrophysical Journal.

Two easy-to-find star groupings appear during late summer and early autumn. You can see them by going outdoors and facing north during early evening ...

Polaris gets brighter and fainter periodically as the star's diameter grows and shrinks over a four-day cycle. Polaris is a kind of star known as a Cepheid variable.

Scientists used a telescope array to capture an unprecedented view of the surface of the North Star, Polaris, revealing that the distant object is covered in spots.