Do shooting stars ever fall to land?

Answer 1

Well, there are stars that are smaller than the earth and there are stars bigger than the earth. If a star hit the earth it would most likely destroy it. Now, there also asteroids. If they asteroid is durable enough, it can pass through the earth's atmosphere and hit it. But most of these rocks are so small, we might not even notice them. The stars are also a long way away from earth, so there is not much of a chance that one would hit.

Answer 2

They don't because what we call a falling star isn't a star at all. Actual stars are enormous balls of extremely hot gas and plasma. The Sun is a star. All the others are incredibly far away and would never come near the Earth. Most would swallow the planets if they could. A shooting or falling star is actually a meteor, a tiny speck of space dust which burns up when it hits our atmosphere.

Answer 3

Why do stars fall down from the sky every time you walk by? OK, stars don't really fall from the sky. What we call a falling star is really just a small rock from space which enters the air above earth. It is moving so fast that it gets really hot as it pushes through the air. It quickly starts glowing very bright and that is why it looks likes a star falling.

Answer 4

Yes. But it's not a star, so you can relax. It's the streak of light caused by a tiny piece of space junk . . .

a rock, a stone, or a grain of sand . . . falling into the earth's atmosphere, and burning up on its way

down to the ground. Almost all of them burn up completely. Only a very few start out large enough

so that anything ever reaches the ground.

Answer 5

No. The stars are far beyond any influence that Earth has. Even then, the stars are fare more massive than Earth, so even in the event of a collision, it would be more accurate to say that Earth is falling into the star,

Answer 6

If it's convenient for you to travel to a place far from city lights, where the sky

gets good and dark at night, and your eyes have a chance to adapt to it, and

you take a comfortable lounge chair so that you can relax and get comfortable

and gaze around the sky for a while without stressing your neck and shoulders,

and you pick a night to do it when the sky is free of clouds, and a time of the

night when the moon is not up, I can personally guarantee that you will see

a 'shooting star' (a meteor) within 20 to 30 minutes of gazing, after your eyes

adjust to the dark.

It makes no difference what time of night or what night of the year you choose,

the guarantee is still good. The chances are even better if you do your watching

after midnight, and better still if there's a "meteor shower" predicted for the night

you choose.

The only thing that voids my guarantee is if you do something that cancels the

"dark adaptation" of your eyes, such as light a cigarette with an open flame,

use a flashlight to look at your wristwatch, or turn on the dome-light in the car

for 'just a second' to find your sweater. Use any 'normal' light for a few seconds,

and you have 'reset the clock' ... your eyes now need another 20-30 minutes to

rebuild their sensitivity to dim objects. While they're doing that, you could be

missing several shooting stars.,

Answer 7

No. If a star (besides the Sun) ever came within hundreds of millions of miles of Earth, we would all be in a lot of trouble.

A "shooting start" may occasionally hit our planet, but shooting stars are really meteorites, not stars.

Answer 8

Not a real star; a star is much bigger than Earth, and would utterly destroy it. If there ever should be such an encounter, it would be more appropriate to say that Earth falls on the star, not the other way round.

A meteor looks like a "falling star", but it is really just a small speck of dust.

The prophecies relating to the "falling of stars" may either refer to such meteors, or (symbolically) to people of renown. Even in today's language the word "stars" is used for well-known people, but in prophecies, it is more likely to refer to kings or to religious leaders. The "falling" might refer to them losing influence.

Not a real star; a star is much bigger than Earth, and would utterly destroy it. If there ever should be such an encounter, it would be more appropriate to say that Earth falls on the star, not the other way round.

A meteor looks like a "falling star", but it is really just a small speck of dust.

The prophecies relating to the "falling of stars" may either refer to such meteors, or (symbolically) to people of renown. Even in today's language the word "stars" is used for well-known people, but in prophecies, it is more likely to refer to kings or to religious leaders. The "falling" might refer to them losing influence.

Not a real star; a star is much bigger than Earth, and would utterly destroy it. If there ever should be such an encounter, it would be more appropriate to say that Earth falls on the star, not the other way round.

A meteor looks like a "falling star", but it is really just a small speck of dust.

The prophecies relating to the "falling of stars" may either refer to such meteors, or (symbolically) to people of renown. Even in today's language the word "stars" is used for well-known people, but in prophecies, it is more likely to refer to kings or to religious leaders. The "falling" might refer to them losing influence.

Not a real star; a star is much bigger than Earth, and would utterly destroy it. If there ever should be such an encounter, it would be more appropriate to say that Earth falls on the star, not the other way round.

A meteor looks like a "falling star", but it is really just a small speck of dust.

The prophecies relating to the "falling of stars" may either refer to such meteors, or (symbolically) to people of renown. Even in today's language the word "stars" is used for well-known people, but in prophecies, it is more likely to refer to kings or to religious leaders. The "falling" might refer to them losing influence.

Answer 9

Stars do not fall. Like our Sun they do move, revolving around the center of the galaxy they are in. You may be referring to 'falling stars" or "shooting stars". These are objects known as meteoroids while they are in space, and become meteorites when they enter Earth's atmosphere. Most objects burn up completely before they reach the surface, and that bright light you see is referred to as a falling star.

(addition) stars *can* fall if they are introduced to a larger gravitational field, such as a black hole or a larger star : D

Answer 10

There are a few reasons. First and foremost, the stars are unimaginable far away, far beyond the gravitational influence of Earth (or of the sun, which has a much larger sphere of influence). Second, the stars are huge, far larger and more massive than Earth. So if ever there were a direct encounter (which is possible but extremely unlikely) it would be more accurate to say that Earth would fall into the star.