Adam Lark, a physics professor at Hamilton College and director of the Peters Observatory, said it was a meteor exploding in the atmosphere. Essentially, a meteor is a remnant of an asteroid or a comet.

Residents across Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island were left startled Saturday afternoon after a powerful boom

Residents from New Hampshire down to Rhode Island heard a loud boom, some even reporting their entire house shaking.

Residents across Massachusetts and New England reported hearing a loud boom and feeling buildings shake on Saturday afternoon. The American Meteor Society believes a meteor approximately three feet wide entered Earth's atmosphere near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border,

A loud boom that rattled homes across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire on Saturday

A meteorite has caused significant damage in Germany, punching a hole through the roof of a house in the town of Koblenz-Güls, following a dramatic fireball explosion visible across several European countries. On March 8, the meteor entered Earth’s ...