BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — The first private spacewalk, an on-orbit symphonic performance, and nearly 40 scientific research experiments. Those were just a few highlights of September’s Polaris Dawn ...

UPDATE 9/10/2024: The Polaris Dawn mission successfully launched to low-Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 10 at 5:23 a.m. EDT. The crew’s first opportunity for their historic ...

High-resolution images show large spots on the surface of Polaris. Researchers using Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array have identified new details ...

For the last few thousand years, a star known as Polaris has hovered above Earth's North Pole, which is why it's commonly called the North Star. Explorers have long used this astronomical marker to ...

Polaris, which can only be seen in the Northern Hemisphere, appears to never move in the sky. From the Quad-Cities, Polaris is due north and about halfway up from the horizon, about 41 degrees.

On the first anniversary of the announcement of the Polaris program and its first mission, Polaris Dawn, the private crewed space mission received an exciting launch update: The launch of the mission ...

The North Star has faithfully guided travelers for centuries, but its light isn’t constant. Instead, it pulses more brightly on some nights than on others. Now, astronomers also know that the star ...

The North Star, Polaris, is acting a little strange lately, and scientists are scratching their heads about it. Normally, it’s a pretty stable star that’s been our guiding light for centuries, but ...

ATLANTA — Researchers using Georgia State University’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array have identified new details about the size and appearance of the North Star, also ...