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Why do the stars of the northern sky appear to circle around Polaris?

April 26, 2017appear Circle northern polaris sky stars

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Why do the stars of the northern sky appear to circle around Polaris?

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Polaris is near the north pole of the sky – the extension of the Earth’s axis. Since the Earth rotates around its axis, it looks as if the sky rotates around an axis that extends from the Earth’s axis towards the north and south.