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Massive boom over US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms

A sonic boom heard throughout the northeastern United States last week was caused by a meteor, NASA confirmed after consulting satellite imagery. The meteor's boom, heard widely on Saturday (May 30) ...
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OTD In Space - June 30: Explosion From Space Levels Miles of Forest

On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of ...

80 million trees were wiped out in seconds in Siberia after a space rock explosion more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, but scientists never found a crater

An explosion powerful enough to destroy millions of trees should have left behind a giant crater. Instead, when scientists ...

Mass. meteor: What NASA knows about its explosion and fall into Cape Cod Bay

A meteor that caused a loud boom when it exploded over Massachusetts Saturday afternoon split into fragments four times larger than most meteorites, according to NASA.
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What was that massive boom across New England? NASA says it was a meteor explosion equal to 300 tons of TNT

Residents across New England were left searching for answers after a loud boom rattled homes, shook buildings, and echoed across parts of the northeastern United States on the afternoon of May 30.
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230-Ton TNT Meteor Explosion Rattles New England, NASA Confirms

A rare daytime fireball broke the quiet afternoon over New England when a 5-foot-wide meteor violently recently exploded in the sky. The high-altitude blast generated a powerful sonic boom that shook ...
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Massive boom over northeastern US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms

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