Some people thought it was a meteor shower.

有人为是一场流星雨。

Was it a shooting star? Meteor shower? Comet? Or aliens?

是流星吗？流星雨？彗星？还是外星人？

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。

That would take something highly dramatic like, oh, I don't know, a massive meteor.

要真正地毁灭还是得需要一些突发情况，比如说巨大的流星。

Yeah, we drove over the mountain see the comets.

我们开车去山顶看流星。

Others speculated it was a meteor or aliens.

其他人则猜测它是一颗流星或者外星人。

There is also a class of object called meteoroids.

还有一样东西称为“meteoroids（流星体）”。

A meteor that scientists say was probably a few meters across.

科学家说这颗流星的直径可能只有几米。

So if a meteor explodes in the atmosphere and no one's around to hear it.

所如果一颗流星在大气中爆炸而周围没有人能听到。

Which of these meteor showers is typically visible in April?

下哪一种流星雨在四月比较常见？

And scientists say that's because the Lyrids appear to originate from near that constellation.

之所如此命名是因为科学家们说这种流星雨似乎是在天琴座附近发的。

Imagine if we had spent hundreds of billions per year subsidizing giant meteors.

这就好比恐龙每给巨大的流星补贴成百上千亿的路费来撞地球。

He threw his cloak over his head and strode out of the clearing.

他用斗篷罩住脑袋，大步流星地走出了空地。

Their experiments show that meteorites delivered primitive carbon compounds to early Earth.

他们的实验显示这些流星给早期地球带来了这些基本的碳化物。

And I'm like, a shooting star is basically what they told me.

我就说，就像流星一样，他们基本上是这样告诉我的。

Wedding lanterns, balloons, Venus, meteors, the Moon, satellites, and so on.

婚礼彩灯、气球、金星、流星、月亮、卫星等等。

They may be captured asteroids from the nearby asteroid belt.

它们可能是从附近的小行星带被捕获而来的流星。

Meteors, asteroids, and comets struck my surface for a billion years.

从十亿前开始，流星、小行星和彗星不断撞击我。

Shower me with a show of hands if you set meteor showers.

如果你选的是流星雨，请举手示意我。

They've been through all kinds of things, meteor strikes, climate changes, you name it.

它们经历了各种各样的事情，流星撞击，气候变化，各种各样。