Shooting star refers to a

meteor A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star, is a glowing streak of a small body (usually meteoroid) going through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a ...

. Shooting star may also refer to:

Film, television, and theater

Film

* ''Shooting Star'' (2015 film), a 2015 Bulgarian short film * ''Shooting Star'' (2020 film), a 2020 Canadian short film * ''Shooting Stars'' (1927 film), a 1927 British drama film * ''Shooting Stars'' (1950 film), a 1950 film * ''Shooting Stars'' (1952 film), a 1952 West German drama film * ''Shooting Stars'' (1983 film), a 1983 television film, starring Billy Dee Williams * ''Shooting Stars'' (1997 film) ('), a 1997 French comedy produced by

Richard Sadler Richard Sadler (born March 18, 1947, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a producer, scenarist and film director. Biography Filmography As a producer * 1984 : '' The Gunrunner'' directed by Nardo Castillo * 1989 : '' How to Make Love to a ...

* ''Shooting Stars'' (2023 film), a 2023 sports drama

Television series

* ''Shooting Star'', a 2020 television series by

41 Entertainment 41 Entertainment LLC (41E) is a privately held American animation company that develops, produces, and distributes popular television shows. Allen Bohbot is the founder and managing director of 41E. History Allen Bohbot founded Bohbot Entertain ...

* ''Shooting Stars'' (South Korean TV series), a 2022 South Korean television show * ''Shooting Stars'' (British TV series), a British comedy television show * ''Shooting Stars'' (Singaporean TV series), a 2005 Singaporean TV drama

Episodes

* "Shooting Stars" (''CSI''), a 2005 sixth-season episode of ''CSI'' * "Shooting Star" (''Glee''), a 2013 episode of the television show ''Glee''

Plays and other entertainment uses

* ''Shooting Star'', a play by

Steven Dietz Steven Dietz (born June 23, 1958) is an American playwright, theatre director, and teacher. Called "the most ubiquitous American playwright whose name you may never have heard", Dietz has long been one of America's most prolific and widely prod ...

* ''Shooting Stars'', a play by

Molly Newman Molly Newman is a television writer and producer from Evansville, Indiana, who is most known for work on shows such as ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Frasier'', ''Murphy Brown'', '' Tracey Takes On...'', '' Maximum Bob'', and '' Brothers & Sisters ...

* Star Trek: Phaser Strike (called ''Shooting Star'' in Germany, Italy and UK), a 1979 video game for the Microvision *

Shooting Stars Award The Shooting Stars Awards are presented annually by the pan-European network organization European Film Promotion (EFP) to emerging actors from Europe. "Shooting Stars" is an initiative of the EFP for the international promotion and networking of ...

, annually presented to 10 young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival * The ''Shooting Star'', the name of Racer X's car in ''Mach GoGoGo'' media

Literature

*''Shooting Stars'', a 2016 novel by Brian Falkner *''Shooting Star'', a 1958 novel by

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime fiction, crime, psychological horror fiction, horror and Fantasy Fiction, fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and ...

* ''Shooting Star'' (Temple novel), by Australian Peter Temple * ''

The Shooting Star ''The Shooting Star'' () is the tenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from October 1941 to May 1942 amidst th ...

'', a 1942 Tintin adventure *

Shooting Star (comics) Shooting Star is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Sal Buscema, the character first appeared in ''Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #265 (November 1981). She ...

, a character from Marvel Comics

Music

Shooting Star (band) Shooting Star is an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, formed in the late 1970s. After gaining popularity in the Kansas City area, Shooting Star became the first American group to sign with Virgin Records. They recorded their debut ...

, a rock band from Kansas City, Missouri

Albums

* ''Shooting Star'' (Elkie Brooks album), 1978 * ''Shooting Star'' (Shooting Star album), 1980 * ''Shooting Stars'' (album), a 1979 album by Dollar * ''Shooting Star'' (EP), a 2012 EP by Owl City, and the title song * ''Shooting Star'' (single album), a 2023 single album by XG

Songs

Street Hassle ''Street Hassle'' is the eighth solo studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released in February 1978 by Arista Records. Richard Robinson and Reed produced the album. It is the first commercially released pop album to employ binaural r ...

'' *"Shooting Star", by

Cross Gene Cross Gene (; stylized as CROSS GENE) is a boy band based in South Korea which debuted on June 11, 2012. Signed under Amuse Korea, the group debuted as a sextet but currently consists of only three members: Shin, Sangmin, and Yongseok. Shin is ...

*"Shooting Star" by Harry Chapin, from the 1974 album '' Verities & Balderdash'' *"Shooting Star" by Dollar, from the album '' Shooting Stars'' *"Shooting Star" by the Australian band Expatriate, from the 2007 album '' In the Midst of This'' *"Shooting Star" by Riyu Kosaka, from the 2003 album ''

BeForU BeForU was a Japanese pop girl group that performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. Their 2000 debut song "Dive" was particularly notable as being the first Japanese-language pop song in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' seri ...

'' *"Shooting Star" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, from the 1966 film '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' *"Shooting Star" by

Órla Fallon Órlagh Fallon (born 24 August 1974), professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish singer, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna. Early life and education Fallon was born in Knockananna, Irelan ...

, from the 2009 album '' Distant Shore'' *"Shooting Star" by Elliott Smith, from the 2004 album ''

From a Basement on the Hill ''From a Basement on the Hill'' is the sixth and final studio album by the American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Recorded from 2000 to 2003, and faced with multiple delays due to Smith's personal problems that resulted in his death, it was re ...

'' *"Shooting Star" by everset, Kamen Rider Meteor's theme on the series ''Kamen Rider Fourze'' *"Shooting Star" by ''

VIXX VIXX ( pronounced "vicks"; acronym for "voice, visual, value in excelsis") is a South Korean boy band formed by Jellyfish Entertainment through the 2012 reality show ''MyDOL''. Originally a sextet, the group is currently composed of four members: ...

'' from the 2016 album Kratos *"Shooting Star" by Gene Clark from the 1973 album '' Roadmaster'' *"Shooting Star" by Muna *"The Shooting Star" by Gojira, from the 2016 album ''

Magma Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma (sometimes colloquially but incorrectly referred to as ''lava'') is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and evidence of magmatism has also ...

'' *"Shooting Stars" by Amy Diamond, from the 2005 album '' This Is Me Now''

Science and mathematics

Hypervelocity star In astronomy, stellar kinematics is the Observational astronomy, observational study or measurement of the kinematics or motions of stars through space. Stellar kinematics encompasses the measurement of stellar Velocity, velocities in the Milky ...

, a type of star that moves at unusually high velocities across the galaxy * ''Primula'' sect. ''Dodecatheon'', a group of herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Primula'' * '' Primula pauciflora'', also known as pretty shooting star, few-flowered shooting star, dark throat shooting star and prairie shooting star

Sport

* Shooting Stars F.C., a Nigerian football club *

NBA All-Star Weekend Shooting Stars Competition The Shooting Stars competition was a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest during All-Star Weekend that was held on the Saturday before the All-Star Game. It involved a current NBA player, a WNBA player, and a retired NBA player competin ...

, a basketball competition * A professional wrestling aerial technique

Transportation

P-80 Shooting Star The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design, two p ...

, a United States Army Air Forces jet fighter *

T-33 Shooting Star The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American subsonic jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then d ...

, an American-built jet trainer * ''Shooting Star'' (clipper), an extreme clipper ship built in 1851 * Another 1851 extreme clipper, USS ''Ino'', which served in the Civil War. It was renamed ''Shooting Star'' in 1867. * A BR 'Britannia' class steam locomotive * A

GWR Star Class The Great Western Railway (GWR) Star Class of broad gauge steam locomotives were used for passenger train work. Designed by Robert Stephenson, the class was introduced into service between November 1838 and November 1841, and withdrawn between ...

, steam locomotive * A logo displayed on many ''

Hokutosei The was a limited express sleeping car train service in Japan which operated between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sapporo Station in the northern island of Hokkaido, taking approximately 16.5 hours. It was operated jointly by East Japan Railway C ...

'' locomotives, including: **

JNR Class DD51 The is a B-2-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic locomotive type operated in Japan since 1962. 649 locomotives were built between 1962 and 1978 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Sharyo, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi ...

, a diesel-hydraulic locomotive type operated in Japan since 1962 **

JR Freight Class EF510 The is a Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement multi-voltage Alternating current, AC/Direct current, DC electric locomotive type operated by JR Freight and East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan since 2002. , the fleet consists of 40 locomotives (2 ...

, a multi-voltage AC/DC electric locomotive type operated in Japan since 2002

Other uses

Shooting Star (spacecraft) Shooting star refers to a meteor. Shooting star may also refer to: Film, television, and theater Film * Shooting Star (2015 film), ''Shooting Star'' (2015 film), a 2015 Bulgarian short film * Shooting Star (2020 film), ''Shooting Star'' (2020 ...

, an expendable cargo module for the

Dream Chaser Dream Chaser is an American reusable lifting-body spaceplane developed by Sierra Space. Originally intended as a crewed vehicle, the Dream Chaser Space System is set to be produced after the Dream Chaser Cargo System cargo variant is opera ...

spacecraft * Shooting Star (drone), quadcopter drone by Intel *

Tecumseh Tecumseh ( ; (March 9, 1768October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the Territorial evolution of the United States, expansion of the United States onto Native Americans in the United States, Native American ...

(1768–1813), whose Shawnee name has been translated as Shooting Star * Shooting Star Casino, in Minnesota *

Bay 101 Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games. Bay 101 is perhaps best known for hosting the Bay 101 Shooting Star, ...

Shooting Star, a World Poker Tour tournament * Shooting star (candlestick pattern), in finance *

Shooting Star Tommy Gun The Shooting Star Tommy Gun is a pneumatic machine gun manufactured by Shooting Star Inc. It was invented by Charles A. Feltman, the grandson of Charles Feltman, often credited as the inventor of the hot dog in Coney Island, New York with Feltm ...

, a carnival amusement game * ''Shooting Star'', Ace's aircraft from the arcade games ''TwinBee Yahho!'' and ''

Sexy Parodius is a 1996 horizontal-scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Konami. It is the fifth installment of the ''Parodius'' series. Like the rest of the series, it is a parody of the ''Gradius'' series and other Konami games. It also contains sexual ...

'' * Shooting Stars (board game), a 1980 board game