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Massive boom over US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms
Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.
A meteor that exploded off the coast of Massachusetts set off a loud boom equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, NASA said.
Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.
The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.
A loud boom that rattled homes across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire on Saturday ...
It sounded like an explosion. For some, it felt like one. Just after 2 p.m. on May 30, residents across Massachusetts—and ...
Attleboro area police departments and regional public safety dispatch centers fielded numerous calls from worried and curious ...
Adam Lark, a physics professor at Hamilton College and director of the Peters Observatory, said it was a meteor exploding in ...
A loud boom was heard across Southern New England Saturday afternoon.
Residents across Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island were left startled Saturday afternoon after a powerful boom ...
The unsettling boom, rumble and shaking heard and felt across Greater Boston Saturday afternoon may have come from a meteor, according to meteorologist Danielle Noyes. Now it's up to NASA to confirm ...
Seismometers caught a rare meteor blast over Cape Cod Bay, giving Woods Hole scientists a unique look at the explosion.
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