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 ...

Unfortunately for meteorite-hunters, it appears that pieces of the space rock all fell into the middle of Cape Cod Bay.

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

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 ...

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 ...

A meteor that caused a loud boom when it exploded over Massachusetts Saturday afternoon split into fragments four times larger than most meteorites, according to NASA.

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The American Meteor Society said a boom heard by ...

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 ...

ATTLEBORO — Area police departments and regional public safety dispatch centers fielded numerous calls Saturday afternoon from worried and curious residents about a sonic boom later determined to be ...

When the Strawberry Moon rises above South Carolina on Monday June 29 that is the celestial signal that summer has begun. The ...