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NASA’s asteroid watch flags every object that passes within 4.6 million miles of Earth, the official threshold for a close approach

Every day, a NASA program quietly recalculates the orbits of thousands of space rocks and flags each one that will pass ...
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Massive boom over US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms

Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.

NASA explains how meteor sparked sonic boom over Massachusetts

A meteor exploded over Massachusetts, creating a powerful sonic boom that rattled homes as it broke apart high in the ...

Meteorite heard in Massachusetts landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod Bay," NASA says

The meteorite​ that caused a sonic boom heard throughout Massachusetts on Saturday ​landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod ...

Mass. meteor: What NASA knows about its explosion and fall into Cape Cod Bay

A meteor that caused a loud boom when it exploded over Massachusetts Saturday afternoon split into fragments four times ...

Meteors are 'extremely common.' What makes the one over New England 'rare'?

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 ...

Meteor that landed in Cape Cod Bay may have been made of iron and was unusually dense, NASA says

New analysis by NASA suggests the meteor that plunged into Cape Cod Bay on Saturday may be made of iron, with data indicating ...

Meteor above New England created loud boom that rocked parts of region: NASA

New England residents were rocked Saturday after a fast-moving meteor in the Earth's atmosphere sent a loud boom that was ...

Meteor as heavy as an elephant causes widespread speculation across New England

The fireball was as heavy as an elephant and 5 feet wide and was going 42,000 mph when it entered Earth’s atmosphere. It ...

NASA says 5-foot meteor caused the boom across Rhode Island, Massachusetts

The meteor that produced a boom over New England over the weekend entered Earth’s atmosphere at roughly 42,000 mph, a NASA ...

Planet parade, meteors and strawberry moon to light up Boise sky. Here’s when

Boise nights are getting shorter in June, but they’re still filled with dazzling celestial sights. A planet parade, meteor ...
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NASA’s asteroid watch tracks every object that passes within 4.6 million miles of Earth, the threshold for a close approach

Every day, software at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory scans the orbits of thousands of known near-Earth objects and flags ...