NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.
NASA shared an initial analysis of a 5-foot-wide fireball meteor that exploded in the sky over the northeastern U.S. on Saturday, May 30.
When the double boom rang out in New England on Saturday afternoon, shaking homes and sending pets fleeing, questions started ...
The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the ...
Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.
The New England event came just days after a bright meteor was reported over New York.
The meteorite​ that caused a sonic boom heard throughout Massachusetts on Saturday ​landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod ...
Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.
The New England event came just days after a bright meteor was reported over Western New York during the early morning hours ...
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 ...
Astronomers will investigate this fireball to help disentangle the heritage and history of the Solar System’s formation.
Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon.