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Loud boom heard in Boston likely exploding meteor above ocean

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 ...

Loud Boom and Ground Tremors Confirmed as Meteor That Exploded Over Massachusetts with the Force of 300 Tons of TNT

The fireball was detected on Saturday, May 30 ...

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 Saturday.

USGS confirms sonic boom that rattled SC Midlands, but what caused it? Experts weighs in

A meteor expert says a Lexington home camera caught the likely culprit: an aircraft breaking the sound barrier, not a ...

Meteor explodes with 300-ton TNT force, shaking parts of Massachusetts

India, June 1 -- A meteor travelling at nearly 75,000 mph triggered a loud sonic boom after exploding over the northeastern ...

Boston Explosion Reports: Meteor Explodes Off Massachusetts Coast, Loud Boom Heard

Local authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the sound, and it remains unclear whether it was linked to an ...

Sonic boom caused by meteor rolled across Boston area Saturday afternoon

An apparent meteor passing through the atmosphere just east of Boston caused a loud boom heard over multiple areas of Massachusetts around 2 p.m. on Saturday, according to Ken Mahan, lead ...