A meteor shower happens when tiny bits of space rock fall into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up, creating bright streaks in the sky. Imagine a comet as like a giant snowball that travels through space. When it goes near the Sun, some pieces break off and travel with it. Later on, when Earth passes through those pieces, they become meteors, like little sparks falling from the sky!
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- A meteor shower looks like little sparks falling from the sky, and it happens when Earth passes through a trail left by a comet.
- Imagine a snowball that breaks into tiny pieces, those pieces are meteors.
- Comets are like giant snowballs that can create many spark shows in the sky.
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See also
- How Does a ‘Comet’ Differ from an ‘Asteroid’?
- How Do Stars Die and What Happens Then?
- How Does a Comet 'Tail' Form?
- What Causes a Comet to Have a Tail?
- What Causes a ‘Comet’ to Appear in the Sky and How Is It Different from an Asteroid?
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