NASA, meteor and Sonic boom
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Massachusetts, NASA and meteor
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A meteor that exploded off the coast of Massachusetts set off a loud boom equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, NASA said.
A five-foot in diameter meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 42,000 miles-per-hour Saturday, producing a meteorite that fell into Cape Cod<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
Scientists now say the meteor was 5 feet in diameter, up from the initial thought of 3-feet, NASA said.
A fireball meteor exploded 40 miles above northeastern Massachusetts on May 30, rattling homes from Rhode Island to New Hampshire.
NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.
Scientists say meteorites may have splashed down into Cape Cod Bay on May 30—and could be within reach of those with a boat, rope and magnet.
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The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.
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.