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.

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 what happened.

Attleboro area police departments and regional public safety dispatch centers fielded numerous calls from worried and curious residents about the sonic boom heard Saturday afternoon that was later det

How high did you jump when the boom from a meteor exploding in Massachusetts thundered across New England on Saturday, May 30 in the afternoon? Probably not as high as this dog. A thunderous boom was heard from Rhode Island to New Hampshire after NASA confirmed a meteor exploded over Cape Cod Bay.

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A loud boom that rattled homes across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire on Saturday

On Saturday at around 2:06 pm ET, residents across northeastern United States witnessed a dazzling fireball streak across the sky, culminating in a powerful explosion over Cape Cod Bay. Captured on cameras and visible in satellite imagery,