How would I go about modeling and animating a meteor??? Thank you! Any help is apprieciated.
here is a tutorial (for cinema 4D not blender )
but if you read it it should get you started
http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/detail/86/us/
basically it is a rock shape with particles for fire
here is a page with blender explosions - check out the second last one
you can pull the blend file apart to see how it is made and modify it to make it look like a meteor tail
http://www.centralsource.com/blender/explosions/
here is a pdf tut of the most realistic blender explosion from 2006
http://rhysy.plexersoft.com/ExplosionTut.pdf
have fun