A loud boom echoed across Texas on Saturday, March 21. Residents initially feared an explosion. Officials confirmed the sound was from a meteor. NASA stated the object broke apart mid-air. This fragmentation created a pressure wave causing the booms heard.

NASA has confirmed the loud, booming sound heard near Cleveland on Tuesday morning was caused by an asteroid — which was approximately six feet in diameter and weighed roughly seven tons. According to the National Weather Service,

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A seven-tonne meteor travelling at high speed exploded over Cleveland, producing a loud boom and a bright fireball visible across several US states, with no damage reported.

People in Northeast Ohio were in for quite a shock on Tuesday when they heard -- and some say even felt -- a loud explosion around 9 AM. NASA has confirmed the big boom was the sound of a meteor

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare moment involving the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as it began breaking apart. Events like this are not often seen, mainly because comet fragmentation is difficult to anticipate and even harder to observe at the right time.

The asteroid unleashed an energy of 250 tons of TNT when it fragmented over Ohio, causing the booms and explosive noises heard as far as New York, officials said.