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Boom in the sky: Meteor explodes over US with power of 300 tonnes of TNT, NASA reacts; viral video

A massive meteor lit up the skies over Massachusetts on Saturday before exploding with a force comparable to around 300 tonnes of TNT, according to NASA and other monitoring agencies. The space rock, ...
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Boom Heard in Pittsburgh on New Year’s Day Was Likely an Exploding Meteor

Exploding meteors, also called airbursts, happen with a chunk of space rock smashes into Earth's dense atmosphere. National Weather Service A loud boom reverberated over suburban Pittsburgh on New ...