• Question: what are shooting stars?

    Asked by mak2016 to Ajay, Kate, Kuntal, Pip, Reka on 11 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by ammu.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 11 Nov 2016:

      Shooting stars are not actually stars! They are meteors – objects from space such as rocks or bits of ice – that entered the Earth’s atmosphere. As the atmosphere contains particles, these cause friction in the quickly-moving meteor, which causes it to start burning up, leaving behind a long bright tail.

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