No, shooting stars are not from the sun. They are actually tiny bits of dust and rock called meteoroids that enter Earth's atmosphere.

Here's why:

* The Sun is a star, not a source of shooting stars: The sun is a giant ball of hot gas that emits light and heat, but it doesn't "shoot" anything our way.

* Meteoroids come from various sources: These small particles come from asteroids, comets, or even remnants of planet formation.

* They burn up in the atmosphere: When meteoroids enter our atmosphere at high speeds, they heat up due to friction and create a bright streak of light, which we call a shooting star.

So, while we might think of shooting stars as "falling from the sky," they are actually tiny objects that have fallen *into* the sky from space.