Unfortunately for meteorite-hunters, it appears that pieces of the space rock all fell into the middle of Cape Cod Bay.

Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.

That loud boom and bright flash that woke many across Western New York early Wednesday? Scientists say it came from space.

Learn more about the meteor that caused a mysterious double boom across parts of New England, with reports stretching from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to Québec and Ontario. A meteor about 3 feet wide entered the atmosphere over New England on the ...

NBC Boston meteorologist Pamela Gardner says it was likely a meteorite entering and exploding in our atmosphere. “There’s a satellite lighting detection around Boston -but no lightning! No earthquakes on USGS either,” Gardner said. The American ...

A meteor exploded over New England Saturday afternoon, creating a daytime fireball and a massive “double boom” that shook local homes. The American Meteor Society reported the space rock puncture the atmosphere around 2:30 p.

The American Meteor Society said a boom heard by residents in multiple states Saturday afternoon was a 3-foot wide meteor entering the atmosphere near the Massachusetts and New Hampshire border.

Video filmed by X user Bad Beat King captures a bright meteor streaking across the early morning sky over East Amherst, New York, at around 5:15 a.m. on May 27, 2026. The doorbell camera footage shows a brilliant white-orange streak of light suddenly appearing high in the dark predawn sky.

Many residents of eastern Massachusetts were startled by a thunderous boom on Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t a tree falling, nor—despite the shaking—an earthquake. The resounding noise came from a bolide,