NASA has confirmed that a bright fireball meteor exploded in the sky over New England on Saturday (May 30), releasing the equivalent energy of about 230 tons of TNT and generating a sonic boom heard across multiple U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

Massachusetts residents across several towns reported hearing a loud “boom” Saturday afternoon that could be attributed to a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere. Just after 2 p.m., social media users in the Boston metro area and as far away as New Hampshire and Rhode Island began posting about a loud sound that rattled their surroundings.

Watch Eta Aquarid meteors streak across the sky live from observatories and sky cams around the world. It's meteor season once again, skywatchers! The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks in the early hours of May 6, and you can follow the show live from wherever you are thanks to these skywatching livestreams.

A meteor explosion has been captured from space for the first time ever, thanks to a team aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The dramatic event took place over the North Pacific Ocean. Recorded by SEN’s 4K Space-TV-1 camera system, the footage ...