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Satellite image shows cause of sonic boom that rocked houses across Boston

A mysterious sonic boom sent a shockwave across Boston and beyond, with meteorologists suggesting a bolide meteor entry may ...

NASA Explains Boston's Mysterious Boom: It Was a Meteor Explosion

It sounded like an explosion. For some, it felt like one. Just after 2 p.m. on May 30, residents across Massachusetts—and well beyond—were jolted by a sudden, thunderous boom that rattled homes and ...

What caused South Carolina's loud boom still a mystery

South Carolina was shaken by confusion and concern on May 28, after residents across the Midlands reported what sounded and ...
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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 ...

It wasn’t an earthquake, Columbia, it was a sonic boom. What causes the enormous noise?

At 5:24 p.m. May 28, a great many people in the Columbia area heard a loud boom and felt the structures they were in shake.

Florida Rocket Fireball Erupts Into Giant Mushroom Cloud After Mysterious Boom Shakes the Southeast

A rocket explosion in Florida and a mysterious sonic boom across the Southeast US created confusion and speculation, with no ...

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 ...