Scientists tried to study the meteors. NASA sent up a balloon to study the meteors. The balloon had many jobs. First, it had a video camera to film the meteor shower. It also carried a radio receiver to pick up any radio waves given off by meteors.
Meteoroids are mostly smaller than a grain of sand but fluffy.
The balloon has some sticky stuff on it. If a meteoroid flies into it, it should stick and return to Earth with the balloon. On Earth, the scientists will be able to study these interesting bits of space dust. These bits of space dust turn into falling stars when they hit the Earth's atmosphere . Some scientists have studied the trails of space dust that follow the comet Temple-Tuttle.