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"Falling stars" are actually meteors - small pieces of rock floating in space that get sucked in by Earth's gravity and begging falling toward Earth. When meteors enter the atmosphere (at tremendous speeds), they immediately encounter friction with the air. This friction causes them to heat up and burn, which creates the trail of light that we see. Most meteors are small enough that they are COMPLETELY burned up long before they reach the surface.

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