Articles for tag: celestial navigation, night sky, North Star, Polaris

shining stars at night

Whats So Special About The North Star ( Polaris)

Suhail Ahmed

  Every night in the Northern Hemisphere, a quiet sentinel waits above the horizon: Polaris, the North Star. It isn’t the brightest jewel in the sky, yet for centuries it has anchored maps, myths, and the mathematics of navigation. Sailors once staked their lives on it; astronomers still test cosmic yardsticks against it. Beneath its ...