Question

what is the difference b/w a shooting star & a star?

Answer 1

Star is a luminous ball of plasma which is held by its own gravity.

Shooting star is a falling meteorite which enters the Earth's atmosphere and starts burning up.

Answer 2

Answer:

Shooting stars look like stars that quickly shoot across the sky, but they are not stars. A shooting star is really a small piece of rock or dust that hits Earth's atmosphere from space. ... However, once in a while a meteor is large enough than some of it survives and reaches Earth's surface.