Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky (opens in new tab)

Covers I found a new meteor shower, and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun

Have you ever been out at night and seen a streak of light blast across the sky and disappear? Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky?

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