the proprietor of the " North Star:" Until the age of sixteen ... following the same business for the space of two years. This brought him to the beginning of 1817, when his business life began ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Can you find the so-called “North Star” or “Pole Star?” Actually called Polaris, it's one of the best-known stars in the ...

Polaris — at the center of this star-trail — has a mass five times larger than the sun and a ... [+] diameter 46 times the size of the sun, claims new research. Can you find the North Star?

The North Star or Polaris – is famous for holding nearly still in our sky while the entire northern sky moves around it. For thousands of years navigators have used Polaris to guide them to and from ...