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A bright meteor lit up the New England sky before exploding with a loud boom—and its pieces may have landed in Cape Cod Bay

Many residents of eastern Massachusetts were startled by a thunderous boom on Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t a tree falling, ...
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NASA confirms blazing 75,000 mph meteor explosion lighting up Boston skies and rattling homes

On Saturday at around 2:06 pm ET, residents across northeastern United States witnessed a dazzling fireball streak across the ...

A meteor exploded in the sky above New South Wales. An astronomer explains where it might have come from

At about 6:30pm last night, a meteor exploded with a bright flash that was widely seen across eastern Australia. Stunned onlookers from Sydney to Canberra, and beyond, reported seeing the explosion ...
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What Connecticut residents should know about the exploding meteor over New England

Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.

NASA Explains Boston's Mysterious Boom: It Was a Meteor Explosion

It sounded like an explosion. For some, it felt like one. Just after 2 p.m. on May 30, residents across Massachusetts—and ...

Huge booms from exploding meteor heard across the US

Footage shows a dog being spooked by the sound and jumping up off a couch.

Mysterious sonic boom heard across Massachusetts was a meteor, experts say

Earthquake? Explosion? Sonic boom? Meteor? People want to know, what was that loud noise heard across Massachusetts?

Mystery solved: 3-foot meteor caused boom heard across Mass., scientists say

The American Meteor Society says a 3-foot meteor caused the boom heard across Massachusetts and parts of the Northeast ...