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。

Some people thought it was a meteor shower.

有人以为是一场流星雨。

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。

Meteor showers are common, and the best produce about a hundred meteors per hour.

流星雨非常常见，而且每小时最多产100多个流星。

It's the first meteor shower of Spring.

天琴座流星雨是春季的第一场流星雨。

Yeah, we drove over the mountain see the comets.

我们开车去山顶看流星。

And there it goes out of -- almost like a shooting star.

几乎就像一颗流星。

The streaks of light are in fact meteors.

这些光带实际上是流星。

These lights in the sky are called meteors.

天空中的这些光被称为流星。

Which of these meteor showers is typically visible in April?

以下哪一种流星雨在四月比较常见？

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。

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

家说这颗流星的直径可能只有几米。

Meteors burn up within this layer.

流星在这一层内燃烧起来。

The American Meteor Society says the best time for viewing it will probably be between midnight and 5 a.m.

美国流星协会表示，观赏流星雨的最佳时间为午夜至凌晨5点之间。

There is also a class of object called meteoroids.

还有一样东西称为“meteoroids（流星体）”。

What would happen if a giant meteor hit Earth?

如果一颗巨大的流星撞击地球会发什么呢？

Qingdao Aishan Observatory confirmed later that it was a piece of meteor.

青岛艾山天文台后来证实那是一颗流星。

Meteors and asteroids collide with this planet fairly frequently.

流星，小行星和这颗行星的碰撞相当频繁。

The annual Perseid meteor shower is about to reach its peak.

一年一度的英仙座流星雨将达到高峰期。