Meteor Creates Sonic Boom Over Massachusetts

A meteor entered the sky above Massachusetts and broke apart. After that, people on the ground reported hearing a sonic boom. The sound happened when the meteor moved fast and then split into smaller pieces. NASA said the meteor’s energy was huge. When it broke up, it released the equivalent of about 300 tons of TNT. TNT is a chemical explosive, so this comparison helps explain how powerful the event was. Scientists use reports from the public and data from space agencies to understand what happened during the flight. These observations can improve how we track near-Earth objects and study their effects on the atmosphere.