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You may be able to snag a piece of Cape Cod Bay meteor with a magnet

The meteor that broke apart above Massachusetts and landed in Cape Cod Bay on May 30 weighed about as much as a fully grown elephant, according to NASA.

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Massive boom over US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms

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A piece of space may have landed in Cape Cod Bay — what we know

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Mass. meteor: What NASA knows about its explosion and fall into Cape Cod Bay

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

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Meteor over Massachusetts causes sonic boom

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Experts explain how rare meteor created New England sonic boom

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NASA confirms meteor exploded over northeastern US with force of 230 tons of TNT

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 across multiple U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

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Meteor explodes off coast of Massachusetts, causing loud boom

NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

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Why it's 'almost impossible to track' meteoroids in space, NASA explains

Astronomers reported more than 40 meteor events in March 2026 alone, nearly double the historical average, with many producing loud detonations and drawing widespread eyewitness accounts. The surge included a massive fireball over Western Europe on March 8 ...

Exploding meteor over New England detected several states away, USGS says

The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.