Polaris will no longer be the North Star 1,000 years from now.
A)Earth rotates once each day.
B)Earth revolves around the Sun once each year.
C)The direction of Earth's axis in space precesses with a period of 26,000 years.
D)Stars appear to move randomly in the local solar neighborhood
E)The universe is expanding.

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The North Star, Polaris, is currently the closest bright star to the direction of Earth's north pole. However, due to the precession of Earth's axis, the direction of the north pole slowly changes over time. This means that in approximately 1,000 years, the direction of the north pole will have shifted enough that Polaris will no longer be the closest or brightest star to that direction.

Polaris Will No Longer Be the North Star 1,000 Years