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![A time-lapse photo of the night sky over Coyote Buttes, Ariz., shows stars leaving circular trails around a bright point in the middle, which is the North Star.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/072224_kc_north-star-mass_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Stars appear to circle around the North Star in this time-lapse photo of the sky over Coyote Buttes, Ariz.
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