Meteorites: The Science Behind Shooting Stars
April 24, 2024 • EPISODE 219
Discover the science behind shooting stars and meteorites in this illuminating episode of ScienceLIVE. Explore how light years work and how light travels across vast distances. Find out what it would mean to travel faster than light and how it could let us look back in time. Plus, hear from an Acellus student who discovered not one, but two meteorites!
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I love shooting stars, they’re really cool, and it was super fun to learn about them
thank you for teaching us this!
Space has always been so cool to me
I live in Alaska and I see the northern lights every night! so this is midlevel.
i love these videos they make me happy
I saw a shooting star and made a wish and it came true 3 years later!!!
This is SO cool!
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Love this!!!!!
This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I like watching the stars. I live in the state of Nevada. Even though I live next to a city, Las Vegas, I have a clear look of the stars. I’ve seen the constelations like the big dipper, cancer, and the little dipper. It’s super cool.
I love this video! ⭐️❤️🩷🩷❤️⭐️
I wish I lived where the sky was clear to see meteor showers!
I’ve never seen a shooting star.😥
What do they look like?
I love Learning about shooting stars ⭐️and I love these videos!
I loved this episode! It was published a while ago but it seemed really interesting.
SO COOL
This is cool!
Fools gold is a very pretty rock my mom actually has some and a lot of other types rocks. I think meteors are really cool and interesting
This is cool.
Think about it… If we think that there are aliens👽 out of our solar system, that means that the aliens that we think of; think of us as aliens, although we think/ know that we aren’t aliens.🤯🤔
Isn’t crazy that we are just floating around on a Little Rock (Earth) in space.
I am the mother but I greatly enjoy these with my children.
I have been so excited about learning about space. This was on fire.
YEAH! I am so happy to be here.
Love this.
I’ve always been interested in what makes shooting stars look like they’re moving so fast!
This is awesome!
I think this is really cool!
its cool because its not hard to understand
This is so cool!
I love science! Very interesting about submarines
Cool video
I want to look back in time.. but sometimes not!!
What is the best time of night or condition to see a shooting star?
i love it
Cool video
I wanna be a Astronaut when I grow up!
Awesome video
Science is my fav
I love shooting Stars
Amazing! 😊
meteors are so cool.
The fact that they talked about submarines, one of my favorite vehicles, fascinate me about its history and origin.
I’m fascinated by this episode! I was very curious about meteorites before and know I know so much more. Thank you.
Science is THE BEST!
This is neat!
Awesome!
Thank you
That was kind of fun.
I agree.😎
Science is so cool.
What are the primary differences between meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites, and how does the speed of a meteoroid affect its visibility and the resulting meteor’s brightness?
It was very interested to learn about the submarine
Science is fun
Looking forward to the next meteor shower
Cool
I love to go out at night and look at the sky.
meteorites are really cool to learn about
so cool!
This was so intriguing, space seems unreal.
I love ❤️ science!!!
We can see stars clearly from where I live, and my mom saw a meteorite over the winter.
This was neat.
I’ve seen a few shooting stars and always wondered about how and why they shot through the sky.
I’ve seen a shooting star
Wow! Science is so cool!!
I love when I see shooting stars!
I have loved everything about space and the night sky for my entire life. Thank you for sharing.
This is amazing!!!!
My family and I enjoy gazing at the night sky, both with our naked eyes and through my brother’s telescope. We often challenge each other to spot the most “shooting stars.” Some nights, we see plenty, while on others, the sightings are fewer.
This was cool to watch, and I know a LOT about minerals and stuff
How do we know when a meteorite shower is going to happen?
I enjoyed too. Thank you. -Brady 8th grade
Thank you
The world won’t be this great without science
That is amazing!!!
I love to go outside at night and stargaze! 😀
this very funny someday I wish I can go to planet pojet
Wow! This is very interesting to watch! I’d love to see a shooting star in person someday!
That was a very good video.
This was really interesting!
🌠Wow! I love learning about science and stars they are so fascinating
I always see shooting stars but maybe they are just satellites. Anyways outer space is my favorite thing to learn about ever
I love learning about space(planets, stars, meteors, black holes etc…), for me its one of the most interesting topics there is to learn in science. I hope we someday find aliens too, I think it would be cool.
Amazing!!! It was so fun to learn with acellus!
this is cool
This was cool.
I like learning about space.
wow this is soooo cool!
That was really cool
This was a cool lesson
I wish I can one day see a shooting star
HI cool i love stars
Boris is someone to look up to!
I like learning about space
I really loved this live stream. I am now way more interested in meteorites.
I love watching the stars.
thats so cool
Its cool how many minerals are in a meteorites.
never knew meteorites were so interesting.
That’s so cool the rock turns pink, gold and copper colors with 3 colors on one rock. It’s amazing.
Super cool video! It’s really interesting
I love the facts about the stars I love astrology.
The submarine was cool to Just kinda seeing how they use to be then going out today and seeing the ones now is cool
the color changing minerals was magnificant
I love history with Mr. Todd and I love watching tobias bye.
Space is good I love nature more.
What exact minerals are in meteorites? That is really cool thanks for making the videos they are always amazing!
I love to do Acllus social studis Mr Todd
the minerals changing colors was super cool
I love the videos
What kind of minerals are found in meteors?🤔
I love stars
stars are cool
The rock and flashlight experiment was neat. i can’t believe the minerals made it turn pink.
I love space! Its so fascinating to learn about what’s in our universe.
Wow the rocks look sooo cool
I like stars.
I like seeing shooting stars and so this is very interesting to me!
This was really interesting, I think this has sparked a new found interest in astronomy
Great video, I read that there are three different categories of meteorites.
i love shooting stars there so pretty and unique
It’s amazing how many stars and planets there that we haven’t discovered yet. Do you think there could be another species out there?
Do you know what meteorites are made of?
Shooting stars are so cool
I like the pyrite!
I never knew meteorites were so interesting, shooting stars are more than just inspiring things to look at in the sky.
How can you tell the difference between a meteorite and a rock?
How fast do shooting stars shoot?
Shooting stars are cool
space and shooting stars are so interesting!
How else do scientists find out if its a metiorite or not?
shooting stars are so pretty !
I like to go up in space one day
i like to learn new things about outer space
I want to go to outer space when I grow up
I love shooting 🌠 stars!!
Space is so interesting! Meteorites are really cool.
Meteorites are so fascinating, and cool to learn about.
space is so pretty!
space is so cool!
I really liked this episode definitely one of my favorites!
I loved hearing from Boris!
Meteorites are very cool and fascinating
Love the videos
How do you tell a meteorite from a normal rock?
How do you find meteorites?
they are like rocks just bigger and moving so fast they can light on fire
Wow never knew meteorites were so interesting!
What is the biggest thing in our solar system? If you find out, how big is it, and what is it?
I love space！I would love to experience microgravity one day！
I saw a shooting star this past weekend while camping with my family!
Meteorites are interesting
I went to see a meteorite one day
I love learning about space!
SO cool!
I never knew meteorites were so interesting!
Are the sailors on a nuclear submarine affected in anyway from the radiation?
Is there nuclear waste from the submarine?
This was another amazing live!
Pretty kool
what if a shooting star comes to a sudden stop
How many shooting stars and there in a year I wonder?
I’ve seen an eclipse, but I’ve never seen a meteorite, hope that I will eventually!
I see lots of shooting stars where I live.
shooting stars are so beautiful !
Shooting stars are definitely interesting. Listening to music while looking up at the sky trying to see one is a lot of fun!
you think a shooting star could land on earth
Would love to see an actual one someday!
Outerspace is full of wonder for sure! How amazing our Creator is!
Can a shooting star land on earth?
I found this episode truly fascinating and enjoyed learning about shooting stars!
Are meteorites made out of materials that can be found on earth or are they made out of something thats not found on earth?
that is so cool because i really love space.
Shooting Stars are so interesting.
I saw a shooting star this summer while camping.
that’s amazing… i love space!
Wow that is so cool to learn Space has always been so fascinating to me.
I see shooting star ever so often in the summer time., so amazing
I think meteorites look beautiful in pictures.I wish I could see one in real life!🩷
Excited to learn about space!
Space is truly fascinating
I saw a shooting star in Zion National Park while stargazing at night.
The universe is amazing!
Has anyone found new substances in a meteorite? Maybe even diamond or other metals like gold or silver but could there possibly be any materials that isn’t found on Earth inside the meteorite?
It is interesting to think of shooting stars as a part of science since it seems like they are portrayed as a thing of fantasy! Thank you for this informative science live!
shooting stars are cool !
i loved learning about shooting stars and meteorites.
This made me want to learn more about how things work in space!!
Shooting stars are so cool. I’ve never seen one in person before.
I never knew that about radio frequencies!
Where might a meteor hit?
Shooting stars are cool when you get to see them.
I love learning about outer space especially shooting stars
Stars are awesome !
Meteorites are cool and interesting and mind blowing too!🤯😎😎
How can you exactly tell where Meteorites will hit, and and the time?
I just thought we could make wishes on shooting stars. They’re way cooler than I ever thought.
Wow shooting stars are awesome!
What does planet X look like?
I loved hearing you guys speak about the universe that we live in because it’s so fascinating to me that we’re surrounded by stars and space and a moon, meteors, the sun. So amazing thanks guys
Where might the meteorite hit?
Shooting stars are awesome!
This made me love shooting stars even more.
What does Planet X look like?
how are stars formed
I loved learning about Meteorites! Also. Meteorites are fascinating! Did you know that they are remnants of asteroids or comets that survive the journey through Earth’s atmosphere and land on our planet? Some meteorites can even contain tiny diamonds! 💎✨
What happens when a shooting star hits the ground?
I love space. what about you
Shooting stars are so amazing! I wonder what would happen when one hits the ground.
I loved the discussion on nuclear reactors and the submarines. My aunt went to the USNA and was invited to attend Nuclear Power School. She agrees about her fear of working around uranium but was confident in the safety of the reactor. Great lesson
I cannot wait to be an astrophysicist.
I liked learning about shooting stars.
how do stars form?
What actually happens when a shooting star hits the ground?
i really which i could go to space one day.
It was interesting how and why the nuclear reactors came into being the power for the submarines?
I enjoy these Science Lives, so cool!
Very interesting. I loved learning about this.
It’s very interesting😊😀😍😘 I love horses. 🐴🐎
How do you track a fireball?
I love to learn about the universe especially the stars and meteors going outside in the dark country to watch shooting stars
shooting stars are cool because they look like spaceships.
How many meteors have you been able to find?
i love crystals and want to collect more of them
Space is amazing.
I was really fascinated by this talk on Meteorites
I love space always have.
Meteorites are so neat
How did you guys figure out the science behind stars and the galaxy.
Man, it’s so interesting that there are space rocks out there worth trillions of dollars! Makes you wonder why there isn’t more rare minerals on earth…
Congratulations to Boris for following his dreams!!! I also thought it was really cool to see the crystal glow with the flashlight.
My mom just got me a telescope so i can’t wait to see space for myself!
Shooting Stars I love Shooting Stars My mom and I look for them all the time
I found it very interesting how meteorites can give us clues about the early solar system.
Space is exciting to learn about, can you talk more about how small earth is compared to the universe?!?
I love shooting stars
We have a lot of telescopes on Maunakea on Hawai’i island.
I love science live!!
i like shooting stars
It’s funny how the name is shooting star but it’s just a rock
I didn’t know shooting stars had all this science behind them, thank you for letting me know!
Stars are so beautiful !!
learned and laughed watching this episode!
It was amazing to see a star flying in the sky from 500 years ago and it’s like going back in time to the past.
I have always found shooting stars and light years very interesting.
i liked Dr. Johns part
Stars are my favorite subject
Shooting stars are one In a million chance of happening
Space is very interesting
So cool. I would love to see a meteor shower.
Wow, that was so cool! I can’t believe meteorites are actually pieces of space rock that survived all the way to Earth! Imagine finding one in your backyard!
Space is interesting and math is important
Wow
Can you talk about blackholes next time?
My dad and i keep track of all the meteor showers and try to catch as many as we can from our house.
You can see thru crystals is that because they are not rocks
So cool
what is the closest a meteor has come to Earth without colliding with it?
It was interesting how and why the nuclear reactors came into being the power for the submarine.
can you oder or buy a real meteorite?
I love butterflies trying to figure out how they fly
I enjoy watching the different moons and the constellations at night.
What are meteorites commonly made of ?
Can I see a shooting star tonight?
Hi
What was the biggest meteor in history?
How do you know if you found a meteorite vs a terrestrial rock ?
I think that cars are the best and I will have a good way
Interesting
How does dust Particles Burn when a Meteor is passing ? This is so interesting to me!
Interesting
I learn something every time I watch the videos.
Shooting stars are meteriorites.
I love R-51
Interesting.
I think space is an amazing place.
I didn’t know that shooting stars worked like that, thank you for telling me!
I love space!
What’s the difference between a meteor and a meteorite
That telescope was so big I can’t make a telescope like that at my house.
It’s really interesting how shooting stars work
This was so cool
Drb is so cool!
oooooo science funn!!!
My favorite planet is Mars
So cool!
I love science
Super cool video!
Wow I was really fascinated by this video
This was the most fascinating video.
this was really cool i learned so much things about meteors
Wow!! This is soo incredible! I love watching science live!
thanks to everyone here at Acellus that helps make science live thank you every here at acellus
i love pajet and roger biillings ….
hi i love tabias talking about the sumarine
I love space and there is a lot to learn.
meteors are very expensive
Shooting stars are meteors, I see one really cool before I said, wow, this is just crazy. 🙂 🙂 😀
i love learning about space
I love learning about the skies, stars, planets ETC!!
Do you think you can have another science live video but featuring Neil DeGrasse? and the main topic can be blackholes. and ask him what he thinks of hydrogen cars.
cool
Awesome
Is planet x a real planet !!!!!!!
I have not seen a shooting star yet.
Cool
I think that the thought of parts of our planet might not be from our planet is an interesting thought
I like Dr. Tobias’ story of the submarine and I love his jokes🤣
Shooting star are cool to learn about
I can not wait to see what they find in space with that huge camera. I have never seen a fire ball before. Love R-51
I really like Science Live. I want to be in the Ventioneering club. I like to take things apart and see if I can put it back together again. Even if there is a planet X we might not even go on it. I like r-51 he is really funny
I saw a shooting star once a few years ago at Simpson Park, in California, while night hiking. It was beautiful, but a bit scary because it seemed so close.
Amazing
learned a lot from science live.
How big was the largest recorded meteorite so far
Have you ever wondered if the earth was flat?
What is the biggest meteorite ever found
planet x seems so cool
I love to watch science live.
Cool!
poor pluto
I liked everything about the video and the way the solar system was displayed
How do they know how old a meteorite is?
If only we can warp to planet X.
planet x is cool
I loved this episode
awesome
i love these episodes so Much
how fast can light go?
I liked when they we’re showing us the shiny rocks.
I liked when Tobias was giving details about the submarine.
I really enjoyed this episode!!!
If planet X was real I wonder if people could live on it.
I learned a lot, it was good .
Does the sun have a gravitational pull in order to keep the planets in orbit.
Who does Acellus
This new episode is pretty cool.
yooooo this is fire keep up the work
is planet X a real planet??????????????????????????
Yes all the video are very cool
I really enjoyed this episode!
why is the star called BEETLEGEUSE ?
wow I hope the people are okay rare fire ball 😮💨
love this.
What will planet x be called if it’s discovered?
What will the new planet be called if it is discovered?
Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the submarines where ran of diesel engines how did the air in the submarine not get polluted
Fun fact: People often get hit by meteorites. Another thing here, there’s only been one meteor that was believed to hit a car and that person got famous and the car too. How interesting tell us more information about these comets
It is the most interesting video ever seen in my lifetime.
why did they name it planet x ?
This episode was awesome! Keep up the good work!
I love science
i like r 51 he is a good techer and we shuld have him arawn more
how many people will it take to fill up earth?
Wow, Pluto is considered a dwarf planet
Cool video!
We enjoyed watching it and learned a lot.
Speaking of meteors there is a meteor that is going to come close to the earth people are calling it the new moon
I wonder if analyzing the positions of objects in the Kuiper Belt would allow us to determine where planet 9 should be. Then all you would have to do is look and see if it’s there.
This was s funny episode!
How big is the sun?
i love this school
Shooting stars are so beautiful and I’m glad I got to learn more about them!
This was really cool!
I can’t wait to learn more about Planet X, it seems so mysterious
Planet X is so interesting.
This was a funny one.
how would they lower down the system?
Some meteorites are chunks of the moon.
I can’t wait to see if planet x exists or not
Great video loved learning about the meteorites.
I have learned so much from watching these Science Live videos. Please keep them coming! Knowledge is Power!
The first submarine was nice, very interesting the way it functions.
I have fools gold, it takes your breath away! I am doing research to see if one of my rocks is a meteor, and I am 50⁒ sure that it is one.
Love science! So exited to see the exploration of new planets.
where was the Manhattan Project building exactly?
I love it
I wonder if we will discover planet x or not. This video is so cool!
i love live sciences
Planet X seems cool.
I love that I get to learn more cool stuff that I never knew 🙂
yas
Maybe we all can go IN PERSON?!
I wonder if we are going to discover new planets soon though.
he’s super lucky that he saw a meteorite
learning more about Pluto was very interesting.
you think Pluto will ever be reconsidered as a planet again
These videos are really enjoyable and very interesting
i really enjoy watching the science live videos
shooting stars are very pretty
This explains ALOT
I love learning about space!
I really wonder if we will ever discover if planet x is real or not!
Are there anymore stuff out there in space that was never heard of?
I love watching Science Live
Science videos are great
I really enjoyed this video; my favorite part was about the submarines and the boy who found 2 meteorites
I cannot wait to see if we really discover Planet X, or if it really does not exist.
I think it is cool that electricity can provide oxygen for submarines.
Would we die if the earth orbits around the sun faster?
Why is Pluto not planet?
Why is Pluto not a planet it’s still there it’s not leaving it maybe be on the last ring but Pluto does a lot for our solar system
I love the Science Live videos:)
I really enjoyed learning about wave length and frequency! It was fascinating to learn that we cannot actually see violet
I am excited to see the new launch of science live!
I’ve seen Fools Gold. It’s pretty cool!
Funny impression
how big is the sun
Why is it named Beetlegeuse?