The Big Dipper will look different 100,000 years from now than it does today.
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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Stars in the local solar neighborhood move relative to each other over time, causing constellations like the Big Dipper to change shape over long periods.

The Big Dipper Will Look Different 100,000 Years from Now