Alyssa blinked when the Professor explained to her that the star that she was most probably wishing on would be dead. It didn't really bother her because she rarely made wishes on stars.

But she did know what the phenomena was that was related to shooting stars. So she raised her hand and answered.

"Professor, a shooting star is actually a large chunk of rock, commonly known as a meteorite, that is burning up as it passes through earth's atmosphere. The large rock could probably be debris from a dead star that has broken up into pieces."

'See I do know about dead stars.' Alyssa thought to herself.