When a meteor enters Earth’s atmosphere, it’s moving at incredible speeds—often tens of thousands of miles per hour. This rapid motion compresses the air in front of it, generating intense heat that can reach several thousand degrees. That heat causes the meteor to glow brilliantly, producing the bright streak we recognize as a “shooting star.” As it blazes through the sky, the meteor begins to lose its outer layers in a process called ablation, where the intense heat causes the material to vapo

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You could see up to 400 meteors per hour! 🌠 The Draconid Meteor Shower returns October 6 - October 10 and is visible across the Northern Hemisphere. While it usually delivers just a few shooting stars an hour, this year could bring a rare burst of up to 400 meteors per hour for viewers in Asia and the Western Pacific. These shooting stars come from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, and some may flare as bright fireballs, shining through even a nearly full moon. This is one of the few showers best see