The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.

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What Was That Massive Boom Across New England? NASA Says It Was a Meteor Explosion Equal to 300 Tons of TNT ...

A meteor streaking across the skies over the northeastern United States exploded with energy equivalent to about 300 tons of ...

On Saturday, at around 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeastern US and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. The ...

Early evidence pointed to the possibility of the disturbance being caused by a meteor entering the atmosphere and exploding ...

Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart ...

NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts on May 30, and video and audio clips shared online captured the fireball and massive boom it caused. NASA confirmed through satellite images that the ...

The explosions and the boom sounds heard by the residents could be the result of “a rather significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere.” ...

A meteorite that caused a loud boom when it exploded over Massachusetts Saturday afternoon split into fragments four times larger than most meteorites that fall to Earth, according to NASA.

When the Strawberry Moon rises above South Carolina on Monday June 29 that is the celestial signal that summer has begun. The ...