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Why do stars appear to move?

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Some stars ARE moving towards us. The Andromeda Galaxy will collide with us in millions of years. The universe is expanding because of the "Big Bang", so almost everything is moving away from us.

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They move because Earth rotates on its axis.

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because the earth is slowly moving.

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