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

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

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

Local authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the sound, and it remains unclear whether it was linked to an industrial incident, military activity or another event.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Lightning Mapper detected an exploding meteor over eastern ...

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

People across eastern Massachusetts are reporting hearing an extremely loud boom on Saturday afternoon, and many police departments in the state say they have been inundated with calls, but what ...

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