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People reported seeing the glowing space rock or hearing or feeling its breakup from Delaware to Montreal. Experts estimate that it was about three feet wide and traveling at 75,000 miles per hour whe
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.
Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.
Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon. Initial reports suggested that the falling space rock hit the volcano, but this was untrue.
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75,000 mph-speeding meteor behind massive sonic boom over Massachusetts, NASA says
It was a nice, quiet Saturday afternoon in New England until the sky decided
NASA said the meteor that exploded over Cape Cod Bay was five feet in diameter and was traveling 42,000 miles per hour.
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.