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Shooting stars, or meteors, occur when small particles from space, typically remnants of comets or asteroids, enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed. As these meteoroids collide with air molecules, they heat up and produce a bright streak of light due to the extreme temperatures generated by friction with the atmosphere. This phenomenon is what we see as a shooting star. Most meteors burn up completely before reaching the ground, but larger ones that do survive are known as meteorites.

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