In this Skywatch 16, Jeremy Lewan takes a closer look at a meteor that recently exploded and produced a sonic boom over New ...

Researchers are beginning to learn more about the impact of rocket-generated sonic booms from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

Dozens of people reported an unexplained boom sound that happened at about 10:03 p.m. on Tuesday in Apple Valley.

Vandenberg Space Force Base concluded a four-stop "Mission Update" community speaker series in Ojai with a focus on Sonic ...

What Was That Massive Boom Across New England? NASA Says It Was a Meteor Explosion Equal to 300 Tons of TNT ...

This modified Northrop F-5E jet was used during 2003 for NASA’s Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration program. Photo courtesy National Aeronautics and Space Administration The loud booming that jolted ...

The meteor's explosion highlights how small space rocks frequently enter Earth's atmosphere, often unnoticed until they become bright fireballs.

BOSTON, Mass. – A loud, sonic boom echoed across parts of New England on Saturday, just days after an eerily similar event startled people in South Carolina, raising a familiar question: What was that ...

It’s the question that has been circulating across New England since Saturday after a meteor exploded over the region, producing a loud boom that could be heard several states away. According to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Lightning Mapper detected an exploding meteor over eastern ...

The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.

South Carolina was shaken by confusion and concern on May 28, after residents across the Midlands reported what sounded and felt like a massive explosion. Preliminary data pointed to an unusual ...