What's the difference between a meteor, a meteoroid, and a meteorite? All of these words refer to relatively small, rocky objects from space. But each word refers to a different phase of their time as the shooting stars we love! Meteoroids are rocks still floating out in space, much like asteroids—just much smaller. Meteors are the rocks that have fallen into Earth's atmosphere. They burn bright with the sheer speed of their fall, a friction burn like none other. And if a meteor survives its fal

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A stargazer in Puerto Rico captured a blazing meteor streaking across the night sky on November 16. This footage, filmed by Frankie Lucena in the town of Cabo Rojo, shows the fireball appearing green as it flashing in the sky. | ABC 7 Chicago

On this episode of Beyond the Forecast, WAVY Meteorologist Jeff Edmondson and Meteorologist Kristy Steward take a look at the Leonid Meteor Shower as it continues into tonight | WAVY TV 10