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Meteors are 'extremely common.' What makes the one over New England 'rare'?
- June 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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A sonic boom shook Boston and the larger New England area with the force of 230 tons of TNT. The source came from outer space. The Saturday afternoon event triggered shock waves online, with thousands inquiring what could have caused houses to shake and a sound heard as far away as New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Originally published at Phys.org