A shooting star 🌠 is not really a star! It's a tiny piece of rock or dust from space that falls into our sky. When it moves very fast, it gets hot and glows brightly like a little sparkle ✨. It looks like a star is falling, but it's just a space visitor saying hello!
Next time you see one, make a wish! 🎋
A shooting star 🌠 is actually a meteor—a small piece of space rock or dust (called a meteoroid) that enters Earth's atmosphere. As it falls, it rubs against the air and gets so hot that it glows brightly! 🔥 Most meteors burn up completely before reaching the ground.
A shooting star, or meteor, is a streak of light caused by a meteoroid (a space rock) vaporizing in Earth's atmosphere. Here's how it works: