Recently, scientists reached for the stars and literally caught one. Astronomers have been tracking shooting stars and asteroids for many years. But last October, they managed to successfully follow a non-threatening asteroid headed toward Earth before it became a shooting star—a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere—something that has never been done before.

What is so important about this? Scientists had always thought there would be no space rocks to examine once the shooting star blows up in our atmosphere. However, by tracking the star, remains of black jagged rock, leftovers from an asteroid, were examined and offered lots of surprises—including mini diamonds!

Scientists remain optimistic about the tracking of stars and what surprises await them. So go ahead: follow a shooting star, you never know what you might find!