Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.
A meteor that exploded off the coast of Massachusetts set off a loud boom equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, NASA said.
Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.
The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the ...
NASA has confirmed that a bright fireball meteor exploded in the sky over New England on Saturday (May 30), releasing the equivalent energy of about 230 tons of TNT and generating a sonic boom heard ...
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 ...
When a meteor exploded over Cape Cod it was estimated to be the equivalent of about 300 tons of TNT. See satellite video ...
NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.
A meteor caused a loud boom over Rhode Island on Saturday. Video shows exactly what is sounded like.
A thunderous boom was heard from Rhode Island to New Hampshire after NASA confirmed a meteor exploded over Cape Cod Bay.
Footage shows a dog being spooked by the sound and jumping up off a couch.