shooting star
noun
1
: a visual meteor appearing as a temporary streak of light in the night sky
2
: any of several North American perennial herbs (genus Primula, especially P. meadia) of the primrose family that have entire oblong leaves and showy flowers with reflexed petals
3
: one resembling a shooting star especially in sudden and temporary brilliance
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Though beautiful, shooting stars are also signs of the cosmic shooting range through which Earth is currently whizzing.
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Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
Dazzling streams of shooting stars will light up the night sky when the ,Lyrid meteor shower returns in April, according to NASA.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Depending on rainfall and temperature, the first-comers include milkmaids, shooting stars, and Indian warriors, followed by California poppies, bush poppies, fiesta flowers, monkey flowers, baby blue eyes, and bush lupine, and finally the heat-loving clarkias, orchids, penstemon, and roses.
—Deb Hopewell, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
The Soviet rockets actually went beyond the stratosphere to another layer, called the mesosphere, where meteors falling toward Earth burn into shooting stars.
—Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
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Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
Dazzling streams of shooting stars will light up the night sky when the ,Lyrid meteor shower returns in April, according to NASA.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Depending on rainfall and temperature, the first-comers include milkmaids, shooting stars, and Indian warriors, followed by California poppies, bush poppies, fiesta flowers, monkey flowers, baby blue eyes, and bush lupine, and finally the heat-loving clarkias, orchids, penstemon, and roses.
—Deb Hopewell, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
The Soviet rockets actually went beyond the stratosphere to another layer, called the mesosphere, where meteors falling toward Earth burn into shooting stars.
—Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Shooting star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20star. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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