Many residents of eastern Massachusetts were startled by a thunderous boom on Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t a tree falling, nor—despite the shaking—an earthquake. The resounding noise came from ...

For a few seconds on Saturday afternoon, people across the northeastern U.S. heard a loud explosion and felt buildings shake. It turned out that massive boom was not an earthquake. According to NASA, ...

A loud boom was heard across Southern New England Saturday afternoon.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts on May 30, and video and audio clips shared online captured the fireball and ...

Local authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the sound, and it remains unclear whether it was linked to an industrial incident, military activity or another event.

A meteor has rocked the northeastern United States. The fireball was detected over northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire at around 2:06 p.m. local time on Saturday, May 30, ...

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A meteor exploded off the Massachusetts coast, creating a loud boom that resonated throughout the region on Saturday. Reports indicated the event originated over the South Shore near Boston ...

NASA shared an initial analysis of a 5-foot-wide fireball meteor that exploded in the sky over the northeastern U.S. on Saturday, May 30.