NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

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 sh...

The thunderous sound reverberated across a wide area, spanning from Boston all the way to parts of Rhode Island, roughly 70 miles away.