Meteors (8,5)
I believe the answer is:
shooting stars
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">meteors</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('shooting star' can be a synonym of 'meteor')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for shooting stars that I've seen before include "Meteors" , "they have meteoric careers" .)