http://mocomi.com/ presents: What are shooting stars?
When you look up in the sky, you might see a streak of light. These streaks are called shooting stars. But are these really stars?
They are small dust particles, floating around in space. When the dust particles come close to earth, some of them get pulled towards the earth.
The dust particles enter the earth’s atmosphere at very high speeds. Speeds so high, that the friction with the air, heats up the dust particles.
The dust particles start glowing brightly. They finally burn out before reaching the ground. And that is what we see as ‘shooting stars.’
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