What is a falling star?

Answer 1

It is a small pebble from space entering the Earth's atmosphere at such high speed that it ionizes the air to make a streak of visible light before it melts and vaporizes from the friction.

Answer 2

A Falling Star is a meteor. Usually a very small particle of space dust, or sandy material. Most of them burn up when entering the atmosphere and appear as a "shooting star," or "Falling Star." Most of these never reach the earths surface, but in the rare cases where one is large enough to withstand the burn up effect of passing thru the earths atmosphere and actually land on earth they are called a metiorite. Have a Happy Day. tcwjaw

Answer 3

A meteorite falling on earth gets heats up due to the atmosphere surrounding the earth. This is seen as a falling star.

Answer 4

A falling star is actually a comet or meteor leaving it's trail or burning up in the atmosphere and leaving a trail. Most of these burn up before hitting the ground, but there are hundreds upon thousands of them scattered around the earth or in someone's possesion.

Answer 5

a little twinkling star falling from the sky.
or a meteorite that is passing the earth or breaking up in the atmosphere

Answer 6

a star that falls

Answer 7

It is something falling into the earths gravity like a rock or ice and as it hits the atmosphere the friction is so great that you can see it.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

It's a meteorite. As meteor particles burn up in the atmosphere, they can sometimes be seen as streaks of light in the sky... commonly known as "falling stars". :)

Answer 10

It is a metor, or meteorite, whichever one it may be, flying through the earth's atmosphere, or, in some cases, towards space.