Sometimes shooting stars are confused for comets because they create a glowing streak, but the millions-of-miles-long tail of a comet is its ice and dust vaporizing in space.

We begin with the original video for “Shooting Stars,” released in 2009. The song didn’t peak until 2013, when it was used on Australia’s Got Talent and finally cracked the Australian top 50 .

During the English Renaissance, people believed shooting stars were luminaries falling from the heavens and harbingers of calamity. But by the end of the 19th century, scientists had established ...

This shooting star made its appearance in Ontario, Canada. "I was driving home with my wife when this amazing shooting star captured her attention first, then mine.