Why do star “fall”
The stars do not fall from the sky. In the olden days, the meteoroids were called ‘falling stars’. Meteoroids are small piece of metallic debris. Some of them are very small but large meteoroid have also been found. Some of these meteoroids, which enter the Earth atmosphere, burn up. This is due to the friction that they encounter with the Earth’s atmosphere are known as meteors. Those meteors that do not burn up fall to the Earth as rocks and dust. These are known as meteorites. Meteoroids appear as bright streaks of light with a glowing trail and are known as ‘shooting stars’ or ‘falling star’. Meteorites are mostly made up of iron and nikel.
