Scientists in heavy red coats and eye goggles photograph a meteorite in the snow.
Starry night with meteors streaking above the trees. The constellation Orion is visible
A meteor heads toward Earth as seen from the ISS

Meteors and Meteorites

They’re all related to the flashes of light called “shooting stars” sometimes seen streaking across the sky. But we call the same object by different names, depending on where it is.

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METEORIDS

Small, rocky, and still in space

MeteoRs

In Earth's atmosphere

METEorites

Hit the ground

METEOR SHOWERS

Several meteors per hour

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