The K-type star Errai - or Gamma Cephei to give it its official name - is the first future North Star on our list. In just 2,200 years Errai will be situated a mere 3 degrees from the north celestial ...

So, on Earth, the North Star is our pole star and it has been extremely useful for people living here for millennia. This ...

This means that the star we call Polaris has been the closest visible marker of the celestial North Pole for about less than ...

The universe was not made for us, and the closeness of Polaris to the celestial North Pole is just a matter of luck. No such luck blesses the Southern Hemisphere. Telescopes reveal stars near the ...

A KNOWLEDGE of distances of the stars is of fundamental importance in any attempt to describe the stellar universe It is required, before answers can be given to questions on the average distances ...