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Meteor Exploded Over New England in a High‑Altitude Airburst

A NASA analysis shows a roughly 5‑foot meteoroid broke apart in the upper atmosphere, underscoring limits to early detection of small space rocks.

Daytime Bolide Explodes Over Massachusetts Producing Loud Sonic Booms

Mayon Meteor Burned Up — Rising Orb Likely Satellite Glint

USGS Logs 'Magnitude 0.0 Sonic Boom' After Loud Blast Rattles South Carolina Midlands

Green Fireball Flashes Over Erupting Mayon as Agency Confirms It Burned Up

Vancouver Island Fireball Broke Up Over Pacific, NASA Data Show

Bright Green Fireball Streaks Over Buenos Aires and Uruguay

Lyrid Meteor Shower To Peak Wednesday Night With Improved Skies Forecast

Scientists Confirm Bright Green Fireball Over UK Was a Meteor

NASA Confirms Daytime Meteor Over Northeast With Breakup Above New Jersey

AMS Flags Unusual 2026 Fireball Surge From Anthelion Region

NASA Details U.S. Fireballs as Michigan, California and Houston Cases Draw Scrutiny

Car-Sized Asteroid Set to Pass Earth Closer Than the Moon Today

Bright Fireball Over Berlin Attributed to Small Meteoroid

Meteorite Crashes Through Houston Home After Airburst Over City

NASA Confirms Daylight Fireball Over Houston With Fragments Likely Falling in North City

NASA Confirms Daylight Meteor Airburst Over Northern Ohio

Agencies Confirm Daylight Meteor Over Northeast U.S. as Sonic Boom Jolts Cleveland

Daytime Fireball Triggers Sonic Boom Across Ohio and Pennsylvania

NASA Confirms 7‑Ton Meteoroid Exploded Over Northern Ohio in Daytime Fireball