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.

Unfortunately for meteorite-hunters, it appears that pieces of the space rock all fell into the middle of Cape Cod Bay.

A meteor that exploded off the coast of Massachusetts set off a loud boom equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, NASA said.

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.

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 a ...

A meteor exploding over Cape Cod Bay on Saturday captured the attention of New England. "Eyewitnesses in New England and @NOAA's GOES-19 [Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite] satellite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA released new data and analysis on the meteor that crashed and landed in Cape Cod Bay on Saturday. The data suggests that the ...

MARSHFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - 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 Bay and a sonic boom ...

This is a special edition of the Boston Globe Weather Mailbag, as we take a closer look at what happened Saturday afternoon when a confirmed meteor blazed through the atmosphere before splashing into ...

Residents along the Massachusetts–New Hampshire border were startled by a sudden sonic boom on the afternoon of May 30, 2026. A large number of people up and down the Eastern Seaboard witnessed it.

A meteor only a few feet across exploded high above the northeastern United States in late May, generating a powerful sonic boom that startled residents across multiple states. According to an ...