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）”是我找到的，从太空撞到地面的岩石。

Scientists believe it was just a meteor not a meteorite.

科学家认为这只是一个流星，而不是陨石。

He reached this conclusion after studying a meteorite.

这是他研究一块陨石后达成的结论。

Early speculation ran wild, from meteorites and stray missiles to even UFOs and aliens.

早期的猜测可谓天马行空, 从陨石，流浪导弹甚至再到不明飞行物及外星人。

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?

我对彗星、小行星、流星和陨石一直存在疑问，它有什么不同？

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

但和遭遇一颗陨石撞击的风险相比显然要低一些。

In 2019, a meteorite struck a doghouse in Costa Rica.

2019，一颗陨石砸到了位于哥斯达黎加的一座狗舍。

Meteorites certainly could not leave such cracks.

陨石当然不能留下这样的裂缝。

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。

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。

Over the years, scientists have analysed these meteorites and determined their age through radioactive dating.

近来，科学家分析了这些外来物通过放射性同位素衰减测其龄。

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。

And finally, if it hits the ground, we call it a meteorite.

最后，如果它撞到了地面，我就称之为陨石。

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

2007 的那些地图地衣在模拟陨石和大气再入中幸存下来。

Here's a paragraph from a reading passage about meteorite impacts.

这段话摘自一篇有关陨石撞击的文章。

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。