Those are the meteors, not to be confused with meteoroids or meteorites.

那些就是流星，不要和流星体或陨石搞混。

Meteoroids become meteors when they enter our atmosphere and meteorites when they hit the ground.

流星进入地球大气层时会变成流星，撞击地面时变成陨石。

Meteorites are rocks from space that have hit the ground and we have recovered.

“Meteorites（陨石）”是我们已经找到的，从太空撞到地面的岩石。

He reached this conclusion after studying a meteorite.

这是他研究一块陨石后达成的结论。

And the composition of that meteorite, is very consistent with the composition of Baptistina.

那个陨石的成分，与巴蒂斯缇娜其实非常一致。

We get questions here all the time about comets, asteroids, meteors, meteorites. What's the difference?

我们对星、小行星、流星和陨石一直存在疑问，它们有什么不同？

Organic molecules could be the food for life, or they could be the product of life, or maybe they're from something all together different such as geology or meteorites that were deposited into the lake.

有机微粒可以成为生命的食物，也可能是生命的产物，或者也许它们来自不同的地方，比如沉积在湖中的地质或陨石。

But less predictable is the risk of being hit by a meteorite.

和遭遇一颗陨石撞击的风险相比显然要低一些。

The stone called lonsdaleite came here on a meteorite.

这种叫做朗斯代尔石的石头来自于这里的一块陨石。

Thousands of tiny meteorites strike the earth every year but as far as we know the one seen this week in Canada wasn't one of them.

每年都有成千上万颗小陨石撞击地球，据我们所知，本周在加拿大看到的那颗陨石并不在其中。

It houses everything from the oldest human remains ever identified as being from Brazil to the largest meteorite ever found in Brazil.

包含了从巴西最早出现的人类遗物到巴西迄今发现的最大陨石。

And in these meteorites there were from 60 to 80 amino acids.

在这些陨石中有60到80个氨基酸。

Ross guessed that this " iron mountain" must be a crashed iron meteorite.

罗斯猜测这座“铁山”一定是一块坠落的铁陨石。

As it rolled on, Opportunity came across a meteorite, its lithology distinctively un-Martian.

随着“机遇号”继续前进，它遇到了一颗陨石，其岩性与火星截然不同。

Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.

在20世纪，大型陨石撞击地球曾发生过两次。

In 2007, those map lichens survived atmospheric re-entry on a simulated meteorite.

2007 年的那些地图地衣在模拟陨石和大气再入中幸存下来。

We can only imagine Henry inviting the crowned heads of Europe and their court to his palace to see his collection of objects of wonder which included a meteorite, a giant bed, and this curious painting.

我们只能想象亨利邀请欧洲的国王和他们的宫廷到他的宫殿去看他收藏的奇迹，包括一块陨石，一张巨大的床和这幅奇怪的画。

Hayabusa2's new mission aims to study possible ways to prevent large meteorites from hitting Earth.

隼鸟2号的新任务旨在研究防止大型陨石撞击地球的潜在方法。

The purchase also includes a set of glasses and a corkscrew made from a meteorite.

这次拍卖还包括一套眼镜和一个由陨石制成的开瓶器。

We get questions here all the time about comets asteroids and meteors, meteorites.

我们总是收到很多有关星、小行星、流星，陨石的问题。