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What is a meteor shower and why do ‘shooting stars’ happen?
Witness a spectacular meteor shower, a natural wonder lighting up the night sky. These dazzling streaks are not stars but tiny space particles burning up in Earth's atmosphere. Earth passes through debris trails left by comets.
(WJW) – A streaking fireball lit the stark, cold morning sky and detonated with the force of 250 tons of TNT, rattling windows and alarming Northeast Ohioans on Tuesday. Bolide meteors, like the one that had those Ohioans replaying their doorbell camera ...