I think it's going away

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this lately, but it looks like the star that connects the handle to the cup on the big dipper is starting to fade.

Think about it. After how many eons of lighting our night skies, guiding sailors and being one of the most easily recognizable constellations, it could change. A star that died tens of thousands of years ago finally ceasing to even glimmer for our children and grand children.

I guess it just goes to show nothing is forever, regardless of what Kansas says in their songs. Loved ones faces age, children grow old, technology leaps forward and the stars fade from the night sky. It all changes, it all comes and goes and we are helpless to stop the march of time.