shooting stars
Brief bright trails
Shooting stars are meteors—streaks of light that flash across the night sky when space debris burns up entering Earth's atmosphere.
They aren't stars at all, though they appear to fall from among them.
The term evokes wishes: Make a wish on a shooting star.
Figuratively, a shooting star is someone who rises to fame rapidly, often with the implication of burning out just as quickly.
- meteor showerBurst of falling stars
- GeminidsDecember meteor display
- meteorGlowing atmospheric space rock
- fireballLuminous meteor or explosion
- PerseidsAugust meteor shower
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Orienting celestial bodies
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