How accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?

A star explodes everytime in our solar system,so one could hit earth anytime.How accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?a shooting star is actually not a star. its a meteor (rock and ice) that hits the earth's atmosphere and burns up from the friction.



actually they are astreroids, but when they come into the atmosphere they are then called meteors.



some of them (many) do hit the earth......

then its called a meteorite, not a meteor.



here's a bunch that have been found.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en%26amp;so鈥?/a>





its usually no big deal since most of the are pretty small.



we have noticed large ones nearby and we've been coming up with plans on how to move them off course, and away from us. the good news is the ones we see, aren't aimed at earth, but still close enough to make us thing about a plan for the future.









a gamma ray burst is something COMPLETELY different. its a massive star, FAR FAR FAR away that explodes and when it does it releases large amounts of gamma radiation.







they have nothing do to with each other, and neither one has to do with stars actually hitting earth.



if a star was on itsway toward earth, EVERYONE on the planet would know it.



we'd have 2 suns in the sky and everyone would be freaking out and screaming their heads off.How accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?
There is only one star in our solar system, and the Sun is not massive enough to explode. Stars explode in our galaxy at the rate of about 2 per century, but that hasn't happened in a long time. Most of them will just look pretty bright; they won't have any effect on Earth. A gamma ray burst pointed straight at us and going off nearby could boil off our atmosphere, but there are very few stars in our galaxy with the potential to ever do that and they aren't pointed at us (GRBs emit radiation in jets, not isotropically).How accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?There is only one star in our solar system - the Sun.



If you are referring to meteors (also known incorrectly as 'shooting stars'), then I must inform you that hundreds of them burn up in Earth's atmosphere every day.



As for a gamma ray burst, since it travels at the speed of light, there cannot be any warning. If one hits Earth, we will deal with it or die.How accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?
OK;

1. An exploding star in our Galaxy is, on the average, 50,000 light years or so distant.

a. The odds of one near enough to harm us with the diffuse radiation are miniscule.

b. The odds of the focused beam from a supernova type impinging on us even less.

2. A 'shooting star' is a meteor burning up in the air. - Happens all the time.

Very few are large enough to hit the ground, let alone do much damage.

A 'big one' does arrive from time to time, (last one in tunguska).

We just have to live with that small risk.



As the Dali Lama said:

"If you don't understand this, don't worry about it."How accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?lol fool if a star exploided in our solar system there would be no sun if one expliods in space which im not going to explain because u wouldnt understand highly radiated rays will shoot upon earth and DESTROY US ALL!!!



now to answer your question in detail a star wont "explode" it turns into a quazar(after a series of other events) and two beams of deadly radiation like litterly a big *** beam of fire will get u



omg for this fool under me that is EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN!!! just not in our solar systemHow accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?
Are you really putting a shooting star and a gamma ray burst in the same category? You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, do you?How accurate is a exploding star hitting earth?
Honey, you've been reading too much science fiction books. None of what you described could happen.
earth isnt ending any time soon