Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through a trail of dust from asteroids or comets, the dust burns up in Earth's atmosphere resulting in shooting stars.

Many ancient observers assumed (correctly, to some extent) that shooting stars were atmospheric phenomena. But meteors, of course, don’t actually. in the air. We now know they come from space.

The phrase falling stars, or shooting stars as they are called in different regions, describes meteors or other pieces of matter that burn up and disintegrate as they hit the Earth’s surface and pass through it. It is important to understand the difference between the term meteor and meteorite.

Shooting stars occur when space rocks, also known as meteors, enter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up due to the friction caused by their high speed. Observing shooting stars can be a fun and rewarding experience for astronomy enthusiasts and casual stargazers.

Shooting stars are glowing streaks of light produced by small pieces of space rock and dust when they enter the atmosphere at high speed. These meteoroids come from asteroids and comets – pieces of space rock that floats about in between the planets and orbit the sun with them.