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 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 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?
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?