Meteors

Meteors

Meteors are pieces of rock or metal that travel through space. When they enter Earth's atmosphere, they heat up and create a bright streak of light in the sky. People often call them “shooting stars,” but they are not stars. Most meteors burn up before reaching the ground, but some survive and land on Earth. These ...

Did you know that shooting stars are not actually stars? These stunning streaks of light are known as meteors.

Meteors begin as meteoroids, which are pieces of rock that break from comets or asteroids or the debris left behind by the comets. They can range in size from large rocks to tiny grains of sand.

When meteoroids enter the ea...